Optical image capturing system

ABSTRACT

An optical image capturing system including an imaging lens assembly having at least three lens elements for capturing image is provided. The optical image capturing system includes at least three pieces of lens elements; a first image plane for visible ray; a second image plane for infrared ray; and an image sensing device located between the first image plane the second image plane. The distance on the optical axis can be minimized by the design of said optical lens elements to improve the imaging quality of both visible ray and infrared ray in compact cameras.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority from Taiwan Patent Application No.105133767, filed on Oct. 19^(th), 2016, at the Taiwan IntellectualProperty Office, the content of which is hereby incorporated byreference in its entirety for all purposes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present disclosure relates to an optical image capturing system, andmore particularly to a compact optical image capturing system which canbe applied to electronic products.

2. Description of the Related Art

In recent years, with the rise of portable electronic devices havingcamera functionalities, the demand for an optical image capturing systemis raised gradually. The image sensing device of ordinary photographingcamera is commonly selected from charge coupled device (CCD) orcomplementary metal-oxide semiconductor sensor (CMOS Sensor). Inaddition, as advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology enables theminimization of pixel size of the image sensing device, the developmentof the optical image capturing system directs towards the field of highpixels. Therefore, the requirement for high imaging quality is rapidlyraised.

The traditional optical image capturing system of a portable electronicdevice comes with different designs, mostly a double-lens design.However, as the end users are demanding for higher pixels, largeraperture, such as the functionalities of low-light shooting filming andnight view, the existing optical image capturing system are strugglingto meet the requirement of advanced level photo shooting.

Therefore, it is a pressing issue to come up a way to effectivelyincrease the amount of admitted light into the optical image capturingsystem while meeting the users' demand for better image quality.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aspect of embodiment of the present disclosure directs to an opticalimage capturing system and an optical image capturing lens, which use acombination of refractive powers, convex and concave surfaces of atleast two optical lenses (the convex or concave surface in the presentdisclosure denotes the geometrical shape variations on the image-sidesurface or the object-side surface of each lens at different heightmeasured from the optical axis) to increase the amount of light admittedinto the optical image capturing system, and to improve total pixelcount and the image quality, so as to be applied to minimized electronicproducts.

In addition, when it comes to certain application of optical imaging,there will be a need to capture image via light sources with wavelengthsin both visible and infrared ranges, an example of this kind ofapplication is IP video surveillance camera, which is equipped with theDay & Night function. The visible spectrum for human vision haswavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nm, but the image formed on thecamera sensor includes infrared light, which is invisible to human eyes.Therefore, under certain circumstances, an IR cut filter removable (ICR)is placed before the sensor of the IP video surveillance camera, inorder to ensure that only the light that is visible to human eyes ispicked up by the sensor eventually, so as to enhance the “fidelity” ofthe image. The ICR of the IP video surveillance camera can completelyfilter out the infrared light under daytime mode to avoid color cast;whereas under night mode, it allows infrared light to pass through thelens to enhance the image brightness. Nevertheless, the elements of theICR occupy a significant amount of space and are expensive, which impedeto the design and manufacture of miniaturized surveillance cameras inthe future.

The aspect of embodiment of the present disclosure directs to an opticalimage capturing system and an optical image capturing lens which utilizethe combination of refractive powers, convex surfaces and concavesurfaces of multiple lens elements, as well as the selection ofmaterials thereof, to reduce the difference between the imaging focallength of visible light and imaging focal length of infrared light, inorder to achieve the near “confocal” effect without the use of ICRelements. The optical image capturing system of the present disclosuredoes not require separate lens assemblies to focus the visible andinfrared light for image formation. The optical image capturing systemmay utilize a single lens assembly to achieve both functions of focusingvisible and infrared lights, and therefore, a significant amount ofspaces can be saved. In addition, since the optical image capturingsystem of the present disclosure does not utilize the ICR elements, theback focal length thereof may be reduced, and the height and the size ofthe optical image capturing system may be reduced. Furthermore, sincethe image formation of the optical image capturing system of the presentdisclosure may be less sensitive to temperature, the optical imagecapturing system may be applicable to a wider range of operatingtemperature.

The terms and their definition for the lens element parameters in theembodiment of the present invention are shown as below for furtherreference.

The lens element parameters related to the magnification of the opticalimage capturing system

The optical image capturing system can be designed and applied tobiometrics, for example, facial recognition. When the embodiment of thepresent disclosure is configured to capture image for facialrecognition, the infrared light can be adopted as the operationwavelength. For a face of about 15 centimeters (cm) wide at a distanceof 25-30 cm, at least 30 horizontal pixels can be formed in thehorizontal direction of an image sensor (pixel size of 1.4 micrometers(μm)). The linear magnification of the infrared light on the image planeis LM, and it meets the following conditions: LM≥0.0003, where LM=(30horizontal pixels)*(1.4 μm pixel size)/(15 cm, width of the photographedobject). Alternatively, the visible light can also be adopted as theoperation wavelength for image recognition. When the visible light isadopted, for a face of about 15 cm wide at a distance of 25-30 cm, atleast 50 horizontal pixels can be formed in the horizontal direction ofan image sensor (pixel size of 1.4 micrometers (μm)).

The lens element parameter related to a length or a height in the lenselement

For visible spectrum, the present invention may adopt the wavelength of555 nm as the primary reference wavelength and the basis for themeasurement of focus shift; for infrared spectrum (700-1300 nm), thepresent invention may adopt the wavelength of 850 nm as the primaryreference wavelength and the basis for the measurement of focus shift.

The optical image capturing system includes a first image plane and asecond image plane. The first image plane is an image plane specificallyfor the visible light, and the first image plane is perpendicular to theoptical axis; the through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF)at the first spatial frequency has a maximum value at the central fieldof view of the first image plane; the second image plane is an imageplane specifically for the infrared light, and second image plane isperpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transferrate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency has a maximum valuein the central of field of view of the second image plane. The opticalimage capturing system also includes a first average image plane and asecond average image plane. The first average image plane is an imageplane specifically for the visible light, and the first average imageplane is perpendicular to the optical axis. The first average imageplane is installed at the average position of the defocusing positions,where the values of MTF of the visible light at the central field ofview, 0.3 field of view, and the 0.7 field of view are at theirrespective maximum at the first spatial frequency. The second averageimage plane is an image plane specifically for the infrared light, andthe second average image plane is perpendicular to the optical axis. Thesecond average image plane is installed at the average position of thedefocusing positions, where the values of MTF of the infrared light atthe central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and the 0.7 field of vieware at their respective maximum at the first spatial frequency.

The aforementioned first spatial frequency is set to be half of thespatial frequency (half frequency) of the image sensor (sensor) used inthe present invention. For example, for an image sensor having the pixelsize of 1.12 μm or less, the quarter spatial frequency, half spatialfrequency (half frequency) and full spatial frequency (full frequency)in the characteristic diagram of modulation transfer function are atleast 110 cycles/mm, 220 cycles/mm and 440 cycles/mm, respectively.Lights of any field of view can be further divided into sagittal ray andtangential ray.

The focus shifts where the through-focus MTF values of the visiblesagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the optical image capturing system are at theirrespective maxima, are denoted by VSFS0, VSFS3, and VSFS7 (unit ofmeasurement: mm), respectively. The maximum values of the through-focusMTF of the visible sagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 fieldof view, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by VSMTF0, VSMTF3, andVSMTF7, respectively. The focus shifts where the through-focus MTFvalues of the visible tangential ray at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the optical image capturingsystem are at their respective maxima, are denoted by VTFS0, VTFS3, andVTFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. The maximum values of thethrough-focus MTF of the visible tangential ray at the central field ofview, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by VTMTF0,VTMTF3, and VTMTF7, respectively. The average focus shift (position) ofboth the aforementioned focus shifts of the visible sagittal ray atthree fields of view and focus shifts of the visible tangential ray atthree fields of view is denoted by AVFS (unit of measurement: mm), whichequals to the absolute value |(VSFS0+VSFS3+VSFS7+VTFS0+VTFS3+VTFS7)/6|.

The focus shifts where the through-focus MTF values of the infraredsagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the optical image capturing system are at theirrespective maxima, are denoted by ISFS0, ISFS3, and ISFS7 (unit ofmeasurement: mm), respectively. The average focus shift (position) ofthe aforementioned focus shifts of the infrared sagittal ray at threefields of view is denoted by AISFS (unit of measurement: mm) The maximumvalues of the through-focus MTF of the infrared sagittal ray at thecentral field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view aredenoted by ISMTF0, ISMTF3, and ISMTF7, respectively. The focus shiftswhere the through-focus MTF values of the infrared tangential ray at thecentral field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of theoptical image capturing system are at their respective maxima, aredenoted by ITFS0, ITFS3, and ITFS7 (unit of measurement: mm),respectively. The average focus shift (position) of the aforementionedfocus shifts of the infrared tangential ray at three fields of view isdenoted by AITFS (unit of measurement: mm). The maximum values of thethrough-focus MTF of the infrared tangential ray at the central field ofview, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by ITMTF0,ITMTF3, and ITMTF7, respectively. The average focus shift (position) ofboth of the aforementioned focus shifts of the infrared sagittal ray atthe three fields of view and focus shifts of the infrared tangential rayat the three fields of view is denoted by AIFS (unit of measurement:mm), which equals to the absolute value of|(ISFS0+ISFS3+ISFS7+ITFS0+ITFS3+ITFS7)/6|.

The focus shift (difference) between the focal points of the visiblelight and the infrared light at their central fields of view (RGB/IR) ofthe entire optical image capturing system (i.e. wavelength of 850 nmversus wavelength of 555 nm, unit of measurement: mm) is denoted by FS,which satisfies the absolute value |(VSFS0+VTFS0)/2−ISFS0+ITFS0)/2|. Thedifference (focus shift) between the average focus shift of the visiblelight in the three fields of view and the average focus shift of theinfrared light in the three fields of view (RGB/IR) of the entireoptical image capturing system is denoted by AFS (i.e. wavelength of 850nm versus wavelength of 555 nm, unit of measurement: mm), which equalsto the absolute value of |AIFS-AVFS|.

The maximum height of an image formed by the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by HOI. The height of the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by HOS. The distance from the object-side surface ofthe first lens element to the image-side surface of the last lenselement is denoted by InTL. The distance from an aperture stop(aperture) to an image plane is denoted by InS. The distance from thefirst lens element to the second lens element is denoted by In12(example). The central thickness of the first lens element of theoptical image capturing system on the optical axis is denoted by TP1(example).

The lens element parameter related to the material in the lens element

The Abbe number of the first lens element in the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by NA1 (example). The refractive index of the firstlens element is denoted by Nd1 (example).

The lens element parameter related to view angle in the lens element

The angle of view is denoted by AF. Half of the angle of view is denotedby HAF. The major light angle is denoted by MRA.

The lens element parameter related to exit/entrance pupil in the lenselement

The entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system isdenoted by HEP. The maximum effective half diameter (EHD) of any surfaceof a single lens element refers to a perpendicular height between theoptical axis and an intersection point; the intersection point is wherethe incident ray with the maximum angle of view passes through theoutermost edge of the entrance pupil, and intersects with the surface ofthe lens element. For example, the maximum effective half diameter ofthe object-side surface of the first lens element is denoted by EHD 11.The maximum effective half diameter of the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted by EHD 12. The maximum effective halfdiameter of the object-side surface of the second lens element isdenoted by EHD 21. The maximum effective half diameter of the image-sidesurface of the second lens element is denoted by EHD 22. The maximumeffective half diameters of any surfaces of other lens elements in theoptical image capturing system are denoted in the similar way.

The lens element parameter related to the arc length of the lens elementshape and the outline of surface

The length of the maximum effective half diameter outline curve at anysurface of a single lens element refers to an arc length of a curve,which starts from an axial point on the surface of the lens element,travels along the surface outline of the lens element, and ends at thepoint which defines the maximum effective half diameter; and this arclength is denoted as ARS. For example, the length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the object-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted as ARS11. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted as ARS12.

The length of the maximum effective half diameter outline curve of theobject-side surface of the second lens element is denoted as ARS21. Thelength of the maximum effective half diameter outline curve of theimage-side surface of the second lens element is denoted as ARS22. Thelengths of the maximum effective half diameter outline curve of anysurface of other lens elements in the optical image capturing system aredenoted in the similar way.

The length of 1/2 entrance pupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of anysurface of a single lens element refers to an arc length of curve, whichstarts from an axial point on the surface of the lens element, travelsalong the surface outline of the lens element, and ends at a coordinatepoint on the surface where the vertical height from the optical axis tothe coordinate point is equivalent to 1/2 entrance pupil diameter; andthe arc length is denoted as ARE. For example, the length of the 1/2entrance pupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the object-side surfaceof the first lens element is denoted as ARE11. The length of the 1/2entrance pupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the image-side surface ofthe first lens element is denoted as ARE12. The length of the 1/2entrance pupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the object-side surfaceof the second lens element is denoted as ARE21. The length of the 1/2entrance pupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of the image-side surface ofthe second lens element is denoted as ARE22. The lengths of the 1/2entrance pupil diameter (HEP) outline curve of any surface of the otherlens elements in the optical image capturing system are denoted in thesimilar way.

The lens element parameter related to the depth of the lens elementshape

A distance paralleling an optical axis between two points on theobject-side surface of the sixth lens element, one point being the axialpoint and the other point being the point where the maximum effectivehalf diameter outline curve ends, is denoted by InRS61 (depth of themaximum effective half diameter). A distance paralleling an optical axisbetween two points on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element,one point being the axial point and the other point being the pointwhere the maximum effective half diameter outline curve ends, is denotedby InRS62 (depth of the maximum effective half diameter). The depths ofthe maximum effective half diameter for the object- or image-sidesurface of other lens elements (sinkage values) may be defined insimilar manner.

The lens element parameter related to the lens element shape

The critical point C is a point on a surface of a specific lens element,and the tangent plane to the surface at that point is perpendicular tothe optical axis, and the point cannot be the axial point on thatspecific surface of the lens element. Therefore, a perpendiculardistance between a critical point C51 on the object-side surface of thefifth lens element and the optical axis is HVT51 (example). Aperpendicular distance between a critical point C52 on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element and the optical axis is HVT52(example). A perpendicular distance between a critical point C61 on theobject-side surface of the sixth lens element and the optical axis isHVT61 (example). A perpendicular distance between a critical point C62on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and the optical axisis HVT62 (example). The perpendicular distances between the criticalpoint on the image-side surface or object-side surface of other lenselements are denoted in similar fashion.

The inflection point on object-side surface of the seventh lens elementthat is nearest to the optical axis is denoted by IF711, and the sinkagevalue of that inflection point IF711 is denoted by SGI711 (example). Thesinkage value SGI711 is a horizontal distance paralleling the opticalaxis, which is from an axial point on the object-side surface of theseventh lens element to the inflection point nearest to the optical axison the object-side surface of the seventh lens element. The distanceperpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection point IF711 andthe optical axis is HIF 711(example). The inflection point on image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element that is nearest to the optical axisis denoted by IF721, and the sinkage value of that inflection pointIF721 is denoted by SGI721 (example). The sinkage value SGI721 is ahorizontal distance paralleling the optical axis, which is from theaxial point on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element to theinflection point nearest to the optical axis on the image-side surfaceof the seventh lens element. The distance perpendicular to the opticalaxis between the inflection point IF721 and the optical axis is HIF721(example).

The object-side surface of the seventh lens element has one inflectionpoint IF712, which is the second nearest to the optical axis, and thesinkage value of the inflection point IF712 is denoted by SGI712(example). SGI712 is a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axisfrom an axial point on the object-side surface of the seventh lenselement to the inflection point that is the second nearest to theoptical axis on the object-side surface of the seventh lens element. Adistance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection pointIF712 and the optical axis is HIF712 (example). The image-side surfaceof the seventh lens element has one inflection point IF722, which is thesecond nearest to the optical axis and the sinkage value of theinflection point IF722 is denoted by SGI722 (example). SGI722 is ahorizontal distance paralleling the optical axis from an axial point onthe image-side surface of the seventh lens element to the inflectionpoint which is second nearest to the optical axis on the image-sidesurface of the seventh lens element. A distance perpendicular to theoptical axis between the inflection point IF722 and the optical axis isHIF722 (example).

The object-side surface of the seventh lens element has one inflectionpoint IF713, which is the third nearest to the optical axis and thesinkage value of the inflection point IF713 is denoted by SGI713(example). SGI713 is a horizontal distance paralleling the optical axisfrom an axial point on the object-side surface of the seventh lenselement to the inflection point that is the third nearest to the opticalaxis on the object-side surface of the seventh lens element. A distanceperpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection point IF713 andthe optical axis is HIF713 (example). The image-side surface of theseventh lens element has one inflection point IF723, which is the thirdnearest to the optical axis and the sinkage value of the inflectionpoint IF723 is denoted by SGI723 (example). SGI723 is a horizontal shiftdistance paralleling the optical axis from an axial point on theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element to the inflection pointwhich is the third nearest to the optical axis on the image-side surfaceof the seventh lens element. A distance perpendicular to the opticalaxis between the inflection point IF723 and the optical axis is HIF723(example).

The object-side surface of the seventh lens element has one inflectionpoint IF714 which is the fourth nearest to the optical axis and thesinkage value of the inflection point IF714 is denoted by SGI714(example). SGI714 is a horizontal shift distance paralleling the opticalaxis from an axial point on the object-side surface of the seventh lenselement to the inflection point which is the fourth nearest to theoptical axis on the object-side surface of the seventh lens element. Adistance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection pointIF714 and the optical axis is HIF714 (example). The image-side surfaceof the seventh lens element has one inflection point IF724 which is thefourth nearest to the optical axis and the sinkage value of theinflection point IF724 is denoted by SGI724 (example). SGI724 is ahorizontal shift distance paralleling the optical axis from an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the seventh lens element to theinflection point which is the fourth nearest to the optical axis on theimage-side surface of the seventh lens element. A distance perpendicularto the optical axis between the inflection point IF724 and the opticalaxis is HIF724 (example).

The inflection points on the object-side surface or the image-sidesurface of the other lens elements and the perpendicular distancesbetween them and the optical axis, or the sinkage values thereof aredenoted in the similar way described above.

The lens element parameter related to the aberration Optical distortionfor image formation in the optical image capturing system is denoted byODT. TV distortion for image formation in the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by TDT. Furthermore, the degree of aberration offsetwithin the range of 50% to 100% field of view of the formed image can befurther illustrated. The offset of the spherical aberration is denotedby DFS. The offset of the coma aberration is denoted by DFC.

The transverse aberration of the edge of the aperture is defined as STOPTransverse Aberration (STA), which assesses the specific performance ofthe optical image capturing system. The tangential fan or sagittal fanmay be applied to calculate the STA of any fields of view, and inparticular, to calculate the STAs of the longest operation wavelength(e.g. 650 nm) and the shortest operation wavelength (e.g. 470 nm), whichserve as the standard to indicate the performance. The aforementioneddirection of the tangential fan can be further defined as the positive(overhead-light) and negative (lower-light) directions. The STA of themax operation wavelength is defined as the distance between the positionof the image formed when the max operation wavelength passing throughthe edge of the aperture strikes a specific field of view of the firstimage plane and the image position of the reference primary wavelength(e.g. wavelength of 555 nm) on specific field of view of the first imageplane. Whereas the STA of the shortest operation wavelength is definedas the distance between the position of the image formed when theshortest operation wavelength passing through the edge of the aperturestrikes a specific field of view of the first image plane and the imageposition of the reference primary wavelength on a specific field of viewof the first image plane. The criteria for the optical image capturingsystem to be qualified as having excellent performance may be set as:both STA of the incident longest operation wavelength and the STA of theincident shortest operation wavelength at 70% of the field of view ofthe first image plane (i.e. 0.7 HOI) have to be less than 100 μm or evenless than 80 μm.

The optical image capturing system has a maximum image height HOI on thefirst image plane perpendicular to the optical axis. The transverseaberration of the longest visible operation wavelength of a positivedirection tangential fan of the optical image capturing system thatpasses through an edge of the entrance pupil and incident at theposition of 0.7 HOI on the first image plane is denoted as PLTA. Thetransverse aberration of the shortest visible operation wavelength ofthe positive direction tangential fan of the optical image capturingsystem that passes through the edge of the entrance pupil and incidentat the position of 0.7 HOI on the first image plane is denoted as PSTA.The transverse aberration of the longest visible operation wavelength ofa negative direction tangential fan of the optical image capturingsystem that passes through the edge of the entrance pupil and incidentat the position of 0.7 HOI on the first image plane is denoted as NLTA.A transverse aberration of the shortest visible operation wavelength ofa negative direction tangential fan of the optical image capturingsystem that passes through the edge of the entrance pupil and incidentat the position of 0.7 HOI on the first image plane is denoted as NSTA.A transverse aberration of the longest visible operation wavelength of asagittal fan of the optical image capturing system that passes throughthe edge of the entrance pupil and incident at the position of 0.7 HOIon the first image plane denoted as SLTA. A transverse aberration of theshortest visible operation wavelength of the sagittal fan of the opticalimage capturing system that passes through the edge of the entrancepupil and incident at the position of 0.7 HOI on the first image planeis denoted as SSTA.

The present disclosure provides an optical image capturing system, theobject-side surface or the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementmay have inflection points, such that the angle of incidence from eachfield of view to the sixth lens element can be adjusted effectively andthe optical distortion and the TV distortion can be corrected as well.Besides, the surfaces of the sixth lens element may be endowed withbetter capability to adjust the optical path, which yields better imagequality.

An optical image capturing system is provided in accordance with thepresent disclosure. The optical image capturing system may include animaging lens assembly having at least three lens elements withrefractive powers, a first image plane, a second image plane, and animage sensing device, which is disposed between the first image planeand the second image plane. The first image plane is an image planespecifically for the visible light, and the first image plane isperpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transferrate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency has a maximum valueat the central field of view of the first image plane; the second imageplane is an image plane specifically for the infrared light, and secondimage plane is perpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focusmodulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequencyhas a maximum value at the central of field of view of the second imageplane. The focal length of the imaging lens assembly is f. The entrancepupil diameter of the imaging lens assembly is HEP. Half of the maximumangle of view of the imaging lens assembly is denoted by HAF. Thedistance on the optical axis between the first image plane and thesecond image plane is denoted by FS. The following conditions aresatisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤10.0, 0 deg<HAF≤150 deg, and |FS|≤160 μm.

Another optical image capturing system is further provided in accordancewith the present disclosure. The optical image capturing system mayinclude an imaging lens assembly having at least three lens elementswith refractive powers, a first image plane, a second image plane, andan image sensing device, which is disposed between the first image planeand the second image plane. The first image plane is an image planespecifically for the visible light, and the first image plane isperpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focus modulation transferrate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequency has a maximum valueat the central field of view of the first image plane; the second imageplane is an image plane specifically for the infrared light, and secondimage plane is perpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focusmodulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequencyhas a maximum value at the central of field of view of the second imageplane. The focal length of the imaging lens assembly is f. The entrancepupil diameter of the imaging lens assembly is HEP. Half of the maximumangle of view of the imaging lens assembly is denoted by HAF. Thedistance on the optical axis between the first image plane and thesecond image plane is denoted by FS. The outline curve starting from anaxial point on any surface of any one of those lens elements, tracingalong the outline of the surface, ending at a coordinate point on thesurface that has a vertical height of 1/2 entrance pupil diameter fromthe optical axis is defined, and the length of the outline curve isdenoted by ARE. The following conditions are satisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤10.0,0 deg<HAF≤150 deg, |FS|≤40 μm, and 0.9≤2(ARE/HEP)≤2.0.

Yet another optical image capturing system is provided in accordancewith the present disclosure. The optical image capturing system mayinclude an imaging lens assembly having at least three lens elementswith refractive powers, a first average image plane, a second averageimage plane, and an image sensing device, which is disposed between thefirst average image plane and the second average image plane. The firstaverage image plane is an image plane specifically for the visiblelight, and the first average image plane is perpendicular to the opticalaxis. The first average image plane is installed at the average positionof the defocusing positions, where the values of MTF of the visiblelight at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and the 0.7 fieldof view are at their respective maximum at the first spatial frequency(110 cycles/mm). The second average image plane is an image planespecifically for the infrared light, and the second average image planeis perpendicular to the optical axis. The second average image plane isinstalled at the average position of the defocusing positions, where thevalues of MTF of the infrared light at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and the 0.7 field of view are at their respective maximumat the first spatial frequency (110 cycles/mm) The focal length of theimaging lens assembly is f. The entrance pupil diameter of the imaginglens assembly is HEP. Half of the maximum angle of view of the imaginglens assembly is denoted by HAF. The distance between the first averageimage plane and the second average image plane is denoted by AFS. Anoutline curve starting from an axial point on any surface of any one ofthose lens elements, tracing along the outline of the surface, andending at a coordinate point on the surface that has a vertical heightof 1/2 entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis is defined, and thelength of the outline curve is denoted by ARE. The following conditionsare satisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤10.0, 0 deg<HAF≤150 deg, |AFS|≤60 μm, and0.9≤2(ARE/HEP)≤2.0.

The length of the outline curve of any surface of single lens elementwithin the range of maximum effective half diameter affects theperformance in correcting the surface aberration and the optical pathdifference between the rays in each field of view. The longer outlinecurve may lead to a better performance in aberration correction, but thedifficulty of the production may become higher. Hence, the length of theoutline curve (ARS) of any surface of a single lens element within therange of the maximum effective half diameter has to be controlled, andespecially, the proportional relationship (ARS/TP) between the length ofthe outline curve (ARS) of the surface within the range of the maximumeffective half diameter and the central thickness (TP) of the lenselement to which the surface belongs on the optical axis has to becontrolled. For example, the length of the maximum effective halfdiameter outline curve of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is denoted as ARS11, and the central thickness of the first lenselement on the optical axis is TP1, and the ratio between both of themis ARS11/TP1. The length of the maximum effective half diameter outlinecurve of the image-side surface of the first lens element is denoted asARS12, and the ratio between ARS12 and TP1 is ARS12/TP1. The length ofthe maximum effective half diameter outline curve of the object-sidesurface of the second lens element is denoted as ARS21, and the centralthickness of the second lens element on the optical axis is TP2, and theratio between both of them is ARS21/TP2. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted as ARS22, and the ratio between ARS22 andTP2 is ARS22/TP2. The proportional relationships between the lengths ofthe maximum effective half diameter outline curve of any surface of theother lens elements and the central thicknesses (TP) of the lenselements to which the surfaces belong on the optical axis are denoted inthe similar way.

The length of 1/2 entrance pupil diameter outline curve of any surfaceof a single lens element especially affects its performance of thesurface in correcting the aberration in the shared region of each fieldof view, and the performance in correcting the optical path differenceamong each field of view. The longer outline curve may lead to a betterfunction of aberration correction, but the difficulty in the productionof such lens may become higher. Hence, the length of 1/2 entrance pupildiameter outline curve of any surface of a single lens element has to becontrolled, and especially, the proportional relationship between thelength of 1/2 entrance pupil diameter outline curve of any surface of asingle lens element and the central thickness on the optical axis has tobe controlled. For example, the length of the 1/2 entrance pupildiameter outline curve of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is denoted as ARE11, and the central thickness of the first lenselement on the optical axis is TP1, and the ratio thereof is ARE11/TP1.The length of the 1/2 entrance pupil diameter outline curve of theimage-side surface of the first lens element is denoted as ARE12, andthe central thickness of the first lens element on the optical axis isTP1, and the ratio thereof is ARE12/TP1. The length of the 1/2 entrancepupil diameter outline curve of the object-side surface of the firstlens element is denoted as ARE21, and the central thickness of thesecond lens element on the optical axis is TP2, and the ratio thereof isARE21/TP2. The length of the 1/2 entrance pupil diameter outline curveof the image-side surface of the second lens element is denoted asARE22, and the central thickness of the second lens element on theoptical axis is TP2, and the ratio thereof is ARE22/TP2. The ratios ofthe 1/2 HEP outline curves on any surface of the remaining lens elementsof the optical image capturing system to the central thicknesses (TP) ofthat lens element can be computed in similar way.

The height of optical system (HOS) may be reduced to achieve theminimization of the optical image capturing system when the absolutevalue of f1 is larger than the absolute value of f7(|f1|>|f7|).

When the conditions of |f2|+|f3|+|f4|+|f5|+|f6| and |f1|+|f7| satisfythe aforementioned condition, at least one of the second through sixthlens elements may have weak positive refractive power or weak negativerefractive power. The weak refractive power indicates that an absolutevalue of the focal length of a specific lens element is greater than 10.When at least one of the second through sixth lens elements has the weakpositive refractive power, the positive refractive power of the firstlens element can be shared, so as to avoid undesired generation ofaberration in the early stage of the focussing. On the contrary, when atleast one of the second to sixth lens elements has the weak negativerefractive power, the aberration of the optical image capturing systemcan be slightly corrected.

Furthermore, the seventh lens element may have negative refractivepower, and the image-side surface thereof may be concave. With thisconfiguration, the back focal length may be reduced and the size of theoptical image capturing system may be kept small. Besides, at least onesurface of the seventh lens element may possess at least one inflectionpoint, which is capable of effectively reducing the incident angle ofthe off-axis rays, thereby further correcting the off-axis aberration.

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The detailed structure, operating principle and effects of the presentdisclosure will now be described in more details hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings that show various embodiments ofthe present disclosure as follows.

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the firstembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1C is a transverse aberration diagram of the longest operationwavelength and the shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan andsagittal fan, of which the longest operation wavelength and the shortestoperation wavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil andincident at the position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to thefirst embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the second embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the secondembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2C is a transverse aberration diagram of the longest operationwavelength and the shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan andsagittal fan, of which the longest operation wavelength and the shortestoperation wavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil andincident at the position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to thesecond embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the second embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the second embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 3A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the third embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the thirdembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3C is a transverse aberration diagram of the longest operationwavelength and the shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan andsagittal fan, of which the longest operation wavelength and the shortestoperation wavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil andincident at the position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to thethird embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the third embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the third embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the fourthembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4C is a transverse aberration diagram of the longest operationwavelength and the shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan andsagittal fan, of which the longest operation wavelength and the shortestoperation wavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil andincident at the position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to thefourth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the fourth embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 5A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the fifthembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5C is a transverse aberration diagram of the longest operationwavelength and the shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan andsagittal fan, of which the longest operation wavelength and the shortestoperation wavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil andincident at the position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to thefifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6A is a schematic view of the optical image capturing systemaccording to the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6B shows the longitudinal spherical aberration curves, astigmaticfield curves, and optical distortion curve of the optical imagecapturing system in the order from left to right according to the sixthembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6C is a transverse aberration diagram of the longest operationwavelength and the shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan andsagittal fan, of which the longest operation wavelength and the shortestoperation wavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil andincident at the position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to thesixth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visiblelight spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTF values of theinfrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view of the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7A is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in a mobile telecommunicationdevice.

FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in a portable computing device.

FIG. 7C is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in a smartwatch.

FIG. 7D is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in a smart hat.

FIG. 7E is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in a surveillance device.

FIG. 7F is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in an onboard camera.

FIG. 7G is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in an unmanned aerial vehicle.

FIG. 7H is a schematic diagram of the optical image capturing system ofthe present disclosure that is disposed in a camera for extreme sport.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure will be described with some preferred embodimentsthereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications in thedescribed embodiments can be carried out without departing from thescope and the spirit of the invention that is intended to be limitedonly by the appended claims.

The optical image capturing system, in the order from an object side toan image side, includes an imaging lens assembly having at least threelens elements with refractive powers, a first image plane, and a secondimage plane. The distance on the optical axis between the first imageplane and the second image plane is denoted by FS. The followingcondition may be satisfied: |FS|≤60 μm. The optical image capturingsystem may further include an image sensor disposed on the image plane.

The optical image capturing system may use three sets of operationwavelengths, which are 486.1 nm, 587.5 nm and 656.2 nm, respectively.Preferably, 587.5 nm is served as the primary reference wavelength and areference wavelength to obtain technical features of the optical system.The optical image capturing system may also use five sets of wavelengthswhich are 470 nm, 510 nm, 555 nm, 610 nm and 650 nm, respectively.Preferably 555 nm is served as the primary reference wavelength and areference wavelength to obtain technical features of the optical system.

The ratio of the focal length f of the imaging lens assembly to a focallength fp of each lens element with positive refractive power is PPR.The ratio of the focal length f of the imaging lens assembly to a focallength fn of each lens element with negative refractive power is NPR.The sum of the PPR of all lens elements with positive refractive powersis ΣPPR. The sum of the NPR of all lens elements with negativerefractive powers is ΣNPR. The total refractive power and the totallength of the optical image capturing system can be controlled easilywhen following conditions are satisfied: 0.5≤ΣPPR/|ΣNPR|≤15. Preferably,the following condition may be satisfied: 1≤ΣPPR/|ΣNPR|≤3.0.

The optical image capturing system may further include an image sensingdevice which is disposed on an image plane. Half of a diagonal of aneffective detection field of the image sensing device (imaging height orthe maximum image height of the optical image capturing system) is HOI.A distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to the image plane is HOS. The following conditions aresatisfied: HOS/HOI≤50 and 0.5≤HOS/f≤150. Preferably, the followingconditions may be satisfied: 1≤HOS/f≤40 and 1≤HOS/f≤140. With thisconfiguration, the size of the optical image capturing system can bekept small, such that a lightweight electronic product is able toaccommodate it.

In addition, in the optical image capturing system of the presentdisclosure, according to different requirements, at least one aperturestop may be arranged for reducing stray light and improving the imagingquality.

In the optical image capturing system of the present disclosure, theaperture stop may be a front or middle aperture. The front aperture isthe aperture stop between a photographed object and the first lenselement. The middle aperture is the aperture stop between the first lenselement and the image plane. If the aperture stop is the front aperture,a longer distance between the exit pupil and the image plane of theoptical image capturing system can be formed, such that more opticalelements can be disposed in the optical image capturing system and theefficiency of the image sensing device in receiving image can beimproved. If the aperture stop is the middle aperture, the angle of viewof the optical image capturing system can be expended, such that theoptical image capturing system has the same advantage that is owned bywide angle cameras. A distance from the aperture stop to the image planeis InS. The following condition is satisfied: 0.1≤InS/HOS≤1.1.Therefore, the size of the optical image capturing system can be keptsmall without sacrificing the feature of wide angle of view.

In the optical image capturing system of the present disclosure, thedistance from the object-side surface of the first lens element to theimage-side surface of the last lens element is InTL. The sum of centralthicknesses of all lens elements with refractive powers on the opticalaxis is ETP. The following condition is satisfied: 0.1ΣTP/InTL≤0.9.Therefore, the contrast ratio for the image formation in the opticalimage capturing system can be improved without sacrificing the yieldrate of the manufacturing of the lens element, and a proper back focallength is provided to accommodate other optical components in theoptical image capturing system.

The curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lenselement is R1. The curvature radius of the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is R2. The following condition is satisfied:0.001≤|R1/R2|≤25. Therefore, the first lens element may have a positiverefractive power of proper magnitude, so as to prevent the sphericalaberration from increasing too fast. Preferably, the following conditionmay be satisfied: 0.01≤|R1/R2|<12.

The curvature radius of the object-side surface of the sixth lenselement is R11. The curvature radius of the image-side surface of thesixth lens element is R12. The following condition is satisfied:−7<(R11-R12)/(R11+R12)<50. This configuration is beneficial to thecorrection of the astigmatism generated by the optical image capturingsystem.

The distance between the first lens element and the second lens elementon the optical axis is IN12. The following condition is satisfied:IN12/f≤60. Therefore, the chromatic aberration of the lens elements canbe mitigated, such that their performance is improved.

The distance between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens elementon the optical axis is IN56. The following condition is satisfied:IN56/f≤3.0. Therefore, the chromatic aberration of the lens elements canbe mitigated, such that their performance is improved.

Central thicknesses of the first lens element and the second lenselement on the optical axis are TP1 and TP2, respectively. The followingcondition may be satisfied: 0.1≤(TP1+IN12)/TP2≤10. Therefore, thesensitivity of the optical image capturing system can be controlled, andits performance can be improved.

Central thicknesses of the fifth lens element and the sixth lens elementon the optical axis are TP5 and TP6, respectively, and the distancebetween that two lens elements on the optical axis is IN56. Thefollowing condition may be satisfied: 0.1≤(TP6+IN56)/TP5≤15. Therefore,the sensitivity of the optical image capturing system can be controlledand the total height of the optical image capturing system can bereduced.

The central thicknesses of the second, third and fourth lens elements onthe optical axis are TP2, TP3 and TP4, respectively. The distancebetween the second lens element and the third lens element on theoptical axis is IN23; the distance between the third lens element andthe fourth lens element on the optical axis is IN34; the distancebetween the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element on theoptical axis is IN45. The distance between the object-side surface ofthe first lens element and the image-side surface of the sixth lenselement is denoted by InTL. The following condition may be satisfied:0.15≤TP4/(IN34+TP4+IN45)<1. Therefore, the aberration generated when theincident light is travelling inside the optical system can be correctedslightly by each lens element, and the total height of the optical imagecapturing system can be reduced.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance perpendicular to the optical axis between a critical point C61on an object-side surface of the sixth lens element and the optical axisis HVT61. A distance perpendicular to the optical axis between acritical point C62 on an image-side surface of the sixth lens elementand the optical axis is HVT62. A distance in parallel with the opticalaxis from an axial point on the object-side surface of the sixth lenselement to the critical point C61 is SGC61. A distance in parallel withthe optical axis from an axial point on the image-side surface of thesixth lens element to the critical point C62 is SGC62. The followingconditions may be satisfied: 0 mm≤HVT61≤3 mm, 0 mm<HVT62≤6 mm,0≤HVT61/HVT62, 0 mm≤|SGC61|≤0.5 mm; 0 mm<|SGC62|≤2 mm, and0<|SGC62|/(|SGC62|+TP6)≤0.9. Therefore, the off-axis aberration can becorrected effectively.

The following condition is satisfied for the optical image capturingsystem of the present disclosure: 0.2≤HVT62/HOI≤0.9. Preferably, thefollowing condition may be satisfied: 0.3≤HVT62/HOI≤0.8. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view for the optical image capturingsystem can be corrected.

The optical image capturing system of the present disclosure may satisfythe following condition: 0≤HVT62/HOS≤0.5. Preferably, the followingcondition may be satisfied: 0.2≤HVT62/HOS≤0.45. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view for the optical image capturingsystem can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the present disclosure, thedistance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection point onthe object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of the sixthlens element is denoted by SGI611. The distance in parallel with anoptical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface of thesixth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to an axial pointon the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted bySGI621. The following conditions are satisfied: 0<SGI611/(SGI611+TP6)≤0.9 and 0<SGI621/(SGI621+TP6)≤0.9. Preferably, thefollowing conditions may be satisfied: 0.1≤SGI611/(SGI611+TP6)≤0.6 and0.1≤SGI621/(SGI621+TP6)≤0.6.

The distance in parallel with the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the sixth lens element is denoted by SGI612. The distance in parallelwith an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element that is second nearest to the optical axis toan axial point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element isdenoted by SGI622. The following conditions are satisfied:0<SGI612/(SGI612+TP6)≤0.9 and 0<SGI622/(SGI622+TP6)≤0.9. Preferably, thefollowing conditions may be satisfied: 0.1≤SGI612/(SGI612+TP6)≤0.6 and0.1≤SGI622/(SGI622+TP6)≤0.6.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thenearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF611.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axial point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element and an inflection pointon the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that is the nearestto the optical axis is denoted by HIF621. The following conditions maybe satisfied: 0.001 mm≤|HIF611|≤5 mm and 0.001 mm≤|HIF621|≤5 mm.Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied: 0.1mm≤|HIF611|≤3.5 mm and 1.5 mm≤|HIF621|≤3.5 mm.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF612. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and aninflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF622. Thefollowing conditions may be satisfied: 0.001 mm≤|HIF612|≤5 mm and 0.001mm≤|HIF622|≤5 mm Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied:0.1 mm≤|HIF622|≤3.5 mm and 0.1 mm≤|HIF612|≤3.5 mm

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF613.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axial point onthe image-side surface of the sixth lens element and an inflection pointon the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF623. The followingconditions are satisfied: 0.001 mm≤|HIF613|≤5 mm and 0.001 mm≤|HIF623|≤5mm. Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied: 0.1mm≤|HIF623|≤3.5 mm and 0.1 mm≤|HIF613|≤3.5 mm

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that isfourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF614. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element and aninflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is fourth nearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF624. Thefollowing conditions are satisfied: 0.001 mm≤|HIF614|≤5 mm and 0.001mm≤|HIF624|≤5 mm. Preferably, the following conditions may be satisfied:0.1 mm≤|HIF624|≤3.5 mm and 0.1 mm≤|HIF614|≤3.5 mm.

In one embodiment of the optical image capturing system of the presentdisclosure, the chromatic aberration of the optical image capturingsystem can be corrected by alternatively arranging the lens elementswith large Abbe number and small Abbe number.

The equation for the aforementioned aspheric surface is:

z=ch ²/[1+[1−(k+1)c ² h ²]^(0.5) ]+A ₄ h ⁴ A ₆ h ⁶ +A ₈ h ⁸ +A ₁₀ h ¹⁰+A ₁₂ h ¹² +A ₁₄ h ¹⁴ +A ₁₆ h ¹⁶ +A ₁₈ h ¹⁸ +A ₂₀ h ²⁰+   (1),

where z is a position value of the position along the optical axis andat the height h which reference to the surface apex; k is the coniccoefficient, c is the reciprocal of curvature radius, and A₄, A₆, A₈,A₁₀, A₁₂, A₁₄, A₁₆, A₁₈, and A₂₀ are high order aspheric coefficients.

The optical image capturing system provided by the disclosure, the lenselements may be made of glass or plastic material. If plastic materialis adopted to produce the lens elements, the cost of manufacturing aswell as the weight of the lens element can be reduced effectively. Iflens elements are made of glass, the heat effect can be controlled, andthere will be more options to allocation the refractive powers of thelens elements in the optical image capturing system. Besides, theobject-side surface and the image-side surface of the first throughsixth lens elements may be aspheric, which provides more controlvariables, such that the number of lens elements used can be reduced incontrast to traditional glass lens element, and the aberration can bereduced too. Thus, the total height of the optical image capturingsystem can be reduced effectively.

Furthermore, in the optical image capturing system provided by thepresent disclosure, when the lens element has a convex surface, thesurface of that lens element basically has a convex portion in thevicinity of the optical axis. When the lens element has a concavesurface, the surface of that lens element basically has a concaveportion in the vicinity of the optical axis.

The optical image capturing system of the present disclosure can beadapted to the optical image capturing system with automatic focuswhenever it is necessary. With the features of a good aberrationcorrection and a high quality image formation, the optical imagecapturing system can be used in various applications.

The optical image capturing system of the present disclosure can includea driving module according to the actual requirements. The drivingmodule may be coupled with the lens elements and enables the movement ofthe lens elements. The driving module described above may be the voicecoil motor (VCM) which is applied to move the lens to focus, or may bethe optical image stabilization (OIS) which is applied to reduce thefrequency the optical system is out of focus owing to the vibration ofthe lens during photo or video shooting.

In the optical image capturing system of the present disclosure, atleast one lens element among the first, second, third, fourth, fifth,sixth, and seventh lens elements may be a light filtering element forlight with wavelength of less than 500 nm, depending on the designrequirements. The light filtering element may be made by coating film onat least one surface of that lens element with certain filteringfunction, or forming that lens element with material that can filterlight with short wavelength.

The image plane of the optical image capturing system of the presentdisclosure may be a plane or a curved surface, depending on the designrequirement. When the image plane is a curved surface (e.g. a sphericalsurface with curvature radius), the incident angle required such thatthe rays are focused on the image plane can be reduced. As such, thetotal track length (TTL) of the optical image capturing system can beminimized, and the relative illumination may be improved as well.

According to the above embodiments, the specific embodiments withfigures are presented in detail as below.

The First Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 1A to 1E. FIG. 1A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the first embodiment of thepresent invention. The optical image capturing system may include animaging lens assembly 10-A having six lens elements with refractivepowers, which may focus both visible and infrared lights to form highquality images. FIG. 1B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system in the order from left to right accordingto the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1C is atransverse aberration diagram of the longest operation wavelength andthe shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan and sagittal fan,in which the longest operation wavelength and the shortest operationwavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil and incident atthe position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to the firstembodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1D is a diagram showing thethrough-focus MTF values of the visible light spectrum at the centralfield of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the firstembodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1E is a diagram showing thethrough-focus MTF values of the infrared light spectrum at the centralfield of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the firstembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1A, in the orderfrom the object side to the image side, the optical image capturingsystem includes a first lens element 110, an aperture stop 100, a secondlens element 120, a third lens element 130, a fourth lens element 140, afifth lens element 150, a sixth lens element 160, an IR-bandstop filter180, an image plane 190, and an image sensing device 192.

The first lens element 110 has negative refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The first lens element 110 has a concaveobject-side surface 112 and a concave image-side surface 114, and bothof the object-side surface 112 and the image-side surface 114 areaspheric. The object-side surface 112 thereof has two inflection points.The length of outline curve of the maximum effective half diameter ofthe object-side surface of the first lens element is denoted as ARS11.The length of outline curve of the maximum effective half diameter ofthe image-side surface of the first lens element is denoted as ARS12.The length of outline curve of 1/2 entrance pupil diameter (HEP) of theobject-side surface of the first lens element is denoted as ARE11, andthe length of outline curve of 1/2 entrance pupil diameter (HEP) of theimage-side surface of the first lens element is denoted as ARE12. Thecentral thickness of the first lens element on the optical axis is TP1.

The distance paralleling an optical axis from an inflection point on theobject-side surface of the first lens element which is nearest to theoptical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of the firstlens element is denoted by SGI111. The distance paralleling an opticalaxis from an inflection point on the image-side surface of the firstlens element which is nearest to the optical axis to an axial point onthe image-side surface of the first lens element is denoted by SGI121.The following conditions are satisfied: SGI111=−0.0031 mm, and|SGI111|/(|SGI111|+TP1)=0.0016.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the first lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the first lens element is denoted by SGI112. The distance in parallelwith an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surfaceof the first lens element that is second nearest to the optical axis toan axial point on the image-side surface of the first lens element isdenoted by SGI122. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI112=1.3178mm and |SGI112|/(|SGI112|+TP1)=0.4052.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the first lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted by HIF111. The distance perpendicular tothe optical axis from the inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe first lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the first lens element is denoted byHIF121. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF111=0.5557 mm andHIF111/HOI=0.1111.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the first lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the first lens element is denoted by HIF112. The distanceperpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection point on theimage-side surface of the first lens element that is second nearest tothe optical axis to an axial point on the image-side surface of thefirst lens element is denoted by HIF122. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF112=5.3732 mm and HIF112/HOI=1.0746.

The second lens element 120 has positive refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The second lens element 120 has a convexobject-side surface 122 and a convex image-side surface 124, and both ofthe object-side surface 122 and the image-side surface 124 are aspheric.The object-side surface 122 has one inflection point. The length of themaximum effective half diameter outline curve of the object-side surfaceof the second lens element is denoted as ARS21. The length of themaximum effective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surfaceof the second lens element is denoted as ARS22. The length of the 1/2HEP outline curve of the object-side surface of the second lens elementis denoted as ARE21, and the length of the 1/2 HEP outline curve of theimage-side surface of the second lens element is denoted as ARE22. Thecentral thickness of the second lens element on the optical axis is TP2.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the second lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted by SGI211. The distance in parallel withan optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe second lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the second lens element is denoted bySGI221. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI211=0.1069 mm,|SGI211|/(|SGI211|+TP2)=0.0412, SGI221=0 mm and|SGI221|/(|SGI221|+TP2)=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis from the inflection pointon the object-side surface of the second lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thesecond lens element is denoted by HIF211. The distance perpendicular tothe optical axis from the inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe second lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the second lens element is denoted byHIF221. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF211=1.1264 mm,HIF211/HOI=0.2253, HIF221=0 mm and HIF221/HOI=0.

The third lens element 130 has negative refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The third lens element 130 has a concaveobject-side surface 132 and a convex image-side surface 134, and both ofthe object-side surface 132 and the image-side surface 134 are aspheric.The object-side surface 132 and the image-side surface 134 both have oneinflection point. The length of the maximum effective half diameteroutline curve of the object-side surface of the third lens element isdenoted as ARS31. The length of the maximum effective half diameteroutline curve of the image-side surface of the third lens element isdenoted as ARS32. The length of the 1/2 HEP outline curve of theobject-side surface of the third lens element is denoted as ARE31, andthe length of the 1/2 HEP outline curve of the image-side surface of thethird lens element is denoted as ARS32. The central thickness of thethird lens element on the optical axis is TP3.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the third lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surface of thethird lens element is denoted by SGI311. The distance in parallel withan optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe third lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to an axialpoint on the image-side surface of the third lens element is denoted bySGI321. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI311=−0.3041 mm,|SGI311|/(|SGI311|+TP3)=0.4445, SGI321=−0.1172 mm and|SGI321|/(|SGI321|+TP3)=0.2357.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the third lens element that isnearest to the optical axis and the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the third lens element is denoted by HIF311. The distanceperpendicular to the optical axis between the inflection point on theimage-side surface of the third lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis and the axial point on the image-side surface of the thirdlens element is denoted by HIF321. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF311=1.5907 mm, HIF311/HOI=0.3181, HIF321=1.3380 mm andHIF321/HOI=0.2676.

The fourth lens element 140 has positive refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The fourth lens element 140 has a convexobject-side surface 142 and a concave image-side surface 144; both ofthe object-side surface 142 and the image-side surface 144 are aspheric.The object-side surface 142 thereof has two inflection points, and theimage-side surface 144 has one inflection point. The length of themaximum effective half diameter outline curve of the object-side surfaceof the fourth lens element is denoted as ARS41. The length of themaximum effective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surfaceof the fourth lens element is denoted as ARS42. The length of the 1/2HEP outline curve of the object-side surface of the fourth lens elementis denoted as ARE41, and the length of the 1/2 HEP outline curve of theimage-side surface of the fourth lens element is denoted as ARS42. Thecentral thickness of the fourth lens element on the optical axis is TP4.

The distance in parallel with the optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fourth lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thefourth lens element is denoted by SGI411. The distance in parallel withthe optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe fourth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is denoted bySGI421. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI411=0.0070 mm,|SGI411|/(|SGI411|+TP4)=0.0056, SGI421=0.0006 mm and|SGI421|/(|SGI421|+TP4)=0.0005.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fourth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fourth lens element is denoted by SGI412. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fourth lens element that is second nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fourth lenselement is denoted by SGI422. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI412=−0.2078 mm and |SGI412|/(|SGI412|+TP4)=0.1439.

The perpendicular distance between the inflection point on theobject-side surface of the fourth lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF411. Theperpendicular distance between the inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fourth lens element that is nearest to the optical axisand the optical axis is denoted by HIF421. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF411=0.4706 mm, HIF411/HOI=0.0941, HIF421=0.1721 mm andHIF421/HOI=0.0344.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fourth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF412. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the fourth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF422. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF412=2.0421mm and HIF412/HOI=0.4084.

The fifth lens element 150 has positive refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The fifth lens element 150 has a convex object-sidesurface 152 and a convex image-side surface 154, and both of theobject-side surface 152 and the image-side surface 154 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 152 has two inflection points and the image-sidesurface 154 has one inflection point. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the object-side surface of thefifth lens element is denoted as ARS51. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surface of thefifth lens element is denoted as ARS52. The length of the 1/2 HEPoutline curve of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element isdenoted as ARE51, and the length of the 1/2 HEP outline curve of theimage-side surface of the fifth lens element is denoted as ARE52. Thecentral thickness of the fifth lens element on the optical axis is TPS.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thefifth lens element is denoted by SGI511.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the image-side surface of the fifth lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the image-side surface of thefifth lens element is denoted by SGI521. The following conditions aresatisfied: SGI511=0.00364 mm, |SGI511|/(|SGI511|+TP5)=0.00338,SGI521=−0.63365 mm and |SGI521|/(|SGI521|+TP5)=0.37154.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is denoted by SGI512. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element that is second nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is denoted by SGI522. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI512=−0.32032 mm and |SGI512|/(|SGI512|+TP5)=0.23009.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is denoted by SGI513. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element that is third nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is denoted by SGI523. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI513=0 mm, |SGI513|/(|SGI513|+TP5)=0, SGI523=0 mm and|SGI523|/(|SGI523|+TP5)=0.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is fourthnearest to the optical axis to the axial point on the object-sidesurface of the fifth lens element is denoted by SGI514. The distance inparallel with an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-sidesurface of the fifth lens element that is fourth nearest to the opticalaxis to the axial point on the image-side surface of the fifth lenselement is denoted by SGI524. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI514=0 mm, |SGI514|/(|SGI514|+TP5)=0, SGI524=0 mm and|SGI524|/(|SGI524|+TP5)=0.

The perpendicular distance between the optical axis and the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that isnearest to the optical axis is denoted by HIF511. The perpendiculardistance between the optical axis and the inflection point on theimage-side surface of the fifth lens element that is nearest to theoptical axis is denoted by HIF521. The following conditions aresatisfied: HIF511=0.28212 mm, HIF511/HOI=0.05642, HIF521=2.13850 mm andHIF521/HOI=0.42770.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF512. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the fifth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF522. The following conditions are satisfied:HIF512=2.51384 mm and HIF512/HOI=0.50277.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF513.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the image-side surface of the fifth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF523.The following conditions are satisfied: HIF513=0 mm, HIF513/HOI=0,HIF523=0 mm and HIF523/HOI=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the fifth lens element that isfourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF514. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the fifth lens elementthat is fourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF524. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF514=0 mm,HIF514/HOI=0, HIF524=0 mm and HIF524/HOI=0.

The sixth lens element 160 has negative refractive power and it is madeof plastic material. The sixth lens element 160 has a concaveobject-side surface 162 and a concave image-side surface 164, and theobject-side surface 162 has two inflection points and the image-sidesurface 164 has one inflection point. Therefore, the incident angle ofeach field of view on the sixth lens element can be effectively adjustedand the spherical aberration can thus be mitigated. The length of themaximum effective half diameter outline curve of the object-side surfaceof the sixth lens element is denoted as ARS61. The length of the maximumeffective half diameter outline curve of the image-side surface of thesixth lens element is denoted as ARS62. The length of the 1/2 HEPoutline curve of the object-side surface of the sixth lens element isdenoted as ARE61, and the length of the 1/2 HEP outline curve of theimage-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted as ARE62. Thecentral thickness of the sixth lens element on the optical axis is TP6.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is nearest tothe optical axis to the axial point on the object-side surface of thesixth lens element is denoted by SGI611. The distance in parallel withan optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surface ofthe sixth lens element that is nearest to the optical axis to the axialpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted bySGI621. The following conditions are satisfied: SGI611=−0.38558 mm,|SGI611|/(|SGI611|+TP6)=0.27212, SGI621=0.12386 mm and|SGI6211/(|SGI6211+TP6)=0.10722.

The distance in parallel with an optical axis from an inflection pointon the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is secondnearest to the optical axis to an axial point on the object-side surfaceof the sixth lens element is denoted by SGI612. The distance in parallelwith an optical axis from an inflection point on the image-side surfaceof the sixth lens element that is second nearest to the optical axis tothe axial point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element isdenoted by SGI622. The following conditions are satisfied:SGI612=−0.47400 mm, |SGI612|/(SGI612|+TP6)=0.31488, SGI622=0 mm and|SGI622|/(|SGI622|+TP6)=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that isnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF611.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that isnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF621.The following conditions are satisfied: HIF611=2.24283 mm,HIF611/HOI=0.44857, HIF621=1.07376 mm and HIF621/HOI=0.21475.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that issecond nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF612. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is second nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF622. The following conditions are satisfied:HIF612=2.48895 mm and HIF612/HOI=0.49779.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF613.The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the image-side surface of the sixth lens element that is thirdnearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted by HIF623.The following conditions are satisfied: HIF613=0 mm, HIF613/HOI=0,HIF623=0 mm and HIF623/HOI=0.

The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between the inflectionpoint on the object-side surface of the sixth lens element that isfourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis is denoted byHIF614. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between theinflection point on the image-side surface of the sixth lens elementthat is fourth nearest to the optical axis and the optical axis isdenoted by HIF624. The following conditions are satisfied: HIF614=0 mm,HIF614/HOI=0, HIF624=0 mm and HIF624/HOI=0.

The IR-bandstop filter 180 is made of glass material. The IR-bandstopfilter 180 is disposed between the sixth lens element 160 and the imageplane 190, and it does not affect the focal length of the optical imagecapturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, the focallength of the optical image capturing system is f, the entrance pupildiameter of the optical image capturing system is HEP, and half of amaximum view angle of the optical image capturing system is HAF. Thedetailed parameters are shown as below: f=4.075 mm, f/HEP=1.4,HAF=50.001° and tan(HAF)=1.1918.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, the focallength of the first lens element 110 is f1 and the focal length of thesixth lens element 160 is f6. The following conditions are satisfied:f1=−7.828 mm, |f/f1|=0.52060, f6=−4.886 and |f1|>|f6|.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, focallengths of the second lens element 120 to the fifth lens element 150 aref2, f3, f4 and f5, respectively. The following conditions are satisfied:|f2|+|f3|+|f4|+|f5|=95.50815 mm, |f1|+|f6|=12.71352 mm and|f2|+|f3+|f4|+|f5|>|f1|+|f6|.

The ratio of the focal length f of the optical image capturing system tothe focal length fp of each of lens elements with positive refractivepower is PPR. The ratio of the focal length f of the imaging lensassembly to a focal length fn of each of lens elements with negativerefractive power is NPR. In the optical image capturing system of thefirst embodiment, a sum of the PPR of all lens elements with positiverefractive power is ΣPPR=f/f2+f/f4+f/f5=1.63290. The sum of the NPR ofall lens elements with negative refractive powers isΣNPR=|f/f1|+|f/f3|+|f/f6|=1.51305, ΣPPR/ΣENPR|=1.07921. The followingconditions are also satisfied: |f/f2|=0.69101, |f/f3|=0.15834,|f/f4|=0.06883, |f/f5|=0.87305 and |f/f6|=0.83412.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance from the object-side surface 112 of the first lens element tothe image-side surface 164 of the sixth lens element is InTL. Thedistance from the object-side surface 112 of the first lens element tothe image plane 190 is HOS. The distance from an aperture 100 to animage plane 190 is InS. Half of a diagonal length of an effectivedetection field of the image sensing device 192 is HOI. The distancefrom the image-side surface 164 of the sixth lens element to the imageplane 190 is BFL. The following conditions are satisfied: InTL+BFL=HOS,HOS=19.54120 mm, HOI=5.0 mm, HOS/HOI=3.90824, HOS/f=4.7952, InS=11.685mm and InS/HOS=0.59794.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, a totalcentral thickness of all lens elements with refractive power on theoptical axis is ΣTP. The following conditions are satisfied: ΣTP=8.13899mm and ΣTP/InTL=0.52477. Therefore, the contrast ratio for the imageformation in the optical image capturing system can be improved withoutsacrificing the defect-free rate during the manufacturing of the lenselement, and a proper back focal length is provided to accommodate otheroptical components in the optical image capturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thecurvature radius of the object-side surface 112 of the first lenselement is R1. The curvature radius of the image-side surface 114 of thefirst lens element is R2. The following condition is satisfied:|R1/R2|=8.99987. Therefore, the first lens element may have a suitablemagnitude of positive refractive power, so as to prevent thelongitudinal spherical aberration from increasing too fast.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thecurvature radius of the object-side surface 162 of the sixth lenselement is R11. The curvature radius of the image-side surface 164 ofthe sixth lens element is R12. The following condition is satisfied:(R11-R12)/(R11+R12)=1.27780. Therefore, the astigmatism generated by theoptical image capturing system can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, a sum offocal lengths of all lens elements with positive refractive power isEPP. The following conditions are satisfied: ΣPP=f2+f4+f5=69.770 mm andf5/(f2+f4+f5)=0.067. With this configuration, the positive refractivepower of a single lens element can be distributed to other lens elementswith positive refractive powers in an appropriate way, so as to suppressthe generation of noticeable aberrations when the incident light ispropagating in the optical system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, a sum offocal lengths of all lens elements with negative refractive power isENP. The following conditions are satisfied: ΣNP=f1+f3+f6=−38.451 mm andf6/(f1+f3+f6)=0.127. With this configuration, the negative refractivepower of the sixth lens element 160 may be distributed to other lenselements with negative refractive power in an appropriate way, so as tosuppress the generation of noticeable aberrations when the incidentlight is propagating in the optical system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance between the first lens element 110 and the second lens element120 on the optical axis is IN12. The following conditions are satisfied:IN12=6.418 mm and IN12/f=1.57491. Therefore, the chromatic aberration ofthe lens elements can be reduced, such that their performance can beimproved.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance between the fifth lens element 150 and the sixth lens element160 on the optical axis is IN56. The following conditions are satisfied:IN56=0.025 mm and IN56/f=0.00613. Therefore, the chromatic aberration ofthe lens elements can be reduced, such that their performance can beimproved.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, centralthicknesses of the first lens element 110 and the second lens element120 on the optical axis are TP1 and TP2, respectively. The followingconditions are satisfied: TP1=1.934 mm, TP2=2.486 mm and(TP1+IN12)/TP2=3.36005. Therefore, the sensitivity of the optical imagecapturing system can be controlled, and the performance can be improved.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, centralthicknesses of the fifth lens element 150 and the sixth lens element 160on the optical axis are TP5 and TP6, respectively, and the distancebetween the aforementioned two lens elements on the optical axis isIN56. The following conditions are satisfied: TP5=1.072 mm, TP6=1.031 mmand (TP6+IN56)/TP5=0.98555. Therefore, the sensitivity of the opticalimage capturing system can be controlled and the total height of theoptical image capturing system can be reduced.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance between the third lens element 130 and the fourth lens element140 on the optical axis is IN34. The distance between the fourth lenselement 140 and the fifth lens element 150 on the optical axis is IN45.The following conditions are satisfied: IN34=0.401 mm, IN45=0.025 mm andTP4/(IN34+TP4+IN45)=0.74376. Therefore, the aberration generated whenthe incident light is propagating inside the optical system can becorrected slightly layer upon layer, and the total height of the opticalimage capturing system can be reduced.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance in parallel with an optical axis from a maximum effective halfdiameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface 152 ofthe fifth lens element is InRS51. The distance in parallel with anoptical axis from a maximum effective half diameter position to an axialpoint on the image-side surface 154 of the fifth lens element is InRS52.The central thickness of the fifth lens element 150 is TP5. Thefollowing conditions are satisfied: InRS51=−0.34789 mm, InRS52=−0.88185mm, |InRS51|/TP5=0.32458 and |InRS52|/TP5=0.82276. This configuration isfavorable to the manufacturing and forming of lens elements, as well asthe minimization of the optical image capturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance perpendicular to the optical axis between a critical point C51on the object-side surface 152 of the fifth lens element and the opticalaxis is HVT51. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between acritical point C52 on the image-side surface 154 of the fifth lenselement and the optical axis is HVT52. The following conditions aresatisfied: HVT51=0.515349 mm and HVT52=0 mm.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, adistance in parallel with an optical axis from a maximum effective halfdiameter position to an axial point on the object-side surface 162 ofthe sixth lens element is InRS61. A distance in parallel with an opticalaxis from a maximum effective half diameter position to an axial pointon the image-side surface 164 of the sixth lens element is InRS62. Thecentral thickness of the sixth lens element 160 is TP6. The followingconditions are satisfied: InRS61=−0.58390 mm, InRS62=0.41976 mm,|InRS61|/TP6=0.56616 and |InRS62|/TP6=0.40700. This configuration isfavorable to the manufacturing and forming of lens elements, as well asthe minimization of the optical image capturing system.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thedistance perpendicular to the optical axis between a critical point C61on the object-side surface 162 of the sixth lens element and the opticalaxis is HVT61. The distance perpendicular to the optical axis between acritical point C62 on the image-side surface 164 of the sixth lenselement and the optical axis is HVT62. The following conditions aresatisfied: HVT61=0 mm and HVT62=0 mm

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thefollowing condition may be satisfied: HVT51/HOI=0.1031. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thefollowing condition may be satisfied: HVT51/HOS=0.02634. Therefore, theaberration of surrounding field of view can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thesecond lens element 120, the third lens element 130 and the sixth lenselement 160 have negative refractive powers. The Abbe number of thesecond lens element is NA2. The Abbe number of the third lens element isNA3. The Abbe number of the sixth lens element is NA6. The followingcondition is satisfied: NA6/NA21. Therefore, the chromatic aberration ofthe optical image capturing system can be corrected.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, TVdistortion and optical distortion for image formation in the opticalimage capturing system are TDT and ODT, respectively. The followingconditions are satisfied: |TDT|=2.124% and |ODT|=5.076%.

In the present embodiment, the lights of any field of view can befurther divided into sagittal ray and tangential ray, and the spatialfrequency of 110 cycles/mm serves as the benchmark for assessing thefocus shifts and the values of MTF. The focus shifts where thethrough-focus MTF values of the visible sagittal ray at the centralfield of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the opticalimage capturing system are at their respective maxima are denoted byVSFS0, VSFS3, and VSFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. Thevalues of VSFS0, VSFS3, and VSFS7 equal to 0.000 mm, −0.005 mm, and0.000 mm, respectively. The maximum values of the through-focus MTF ofthe visible sagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field ofview, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by VSMTF0, VSMTF3, and VSMTF7,respectively. The values of VSMTF0, VSMTF3, and VSMTF7 equal to 0.886,0.885, and 0.863, respectively. The focus shifts where the through-focusMTF values of the visible tangential ray at the central field of view,0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the optical image capturingsystem are at their respective maxima are denoted by VTFS0, VTFS3, andVTFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. The values of VTFS0,VTFS3, and VTFS7 equal to 0.000 mm, 0.001 mm, and −0.005 mm,respectively. The maximum values of the through-focus MTF of the visibletangential ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view are denoted by VTMTF0, VTMTF3, and VTMTF7, respectively.The values of VTMTF0, VTMTF3, and VTMTF7 equal to 0.886, 0.868, and0.796, respectively. The average focus shift (position) of both theaforementioned focus shifts of the visible sagittal ray at three fieldsof view and focus shifts of the visible tangential ray at three fieldsof view is denoted by AVFS (unit of measurement: mm), which satisfiesthe absolute value |(VSFS0+VSFS3+VSFS7+VTFS0+VTFS3+VTFS7)/6|=|0.000 mm|.

The focus shifts where the through-focus MTF values of the infraredsagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7field of view of the optical image capturing system are at theirrespective maxima, are denoted by ISFS0, ISFS3, and ISFS7 (unit ofmeasurement: mm), respectively. The values of ISFS0, ISFS3, and ISFS7equal to 0.025 mm, 0.020 mm, and 0.020 mm, respectively. The averagefocus shift (position) of the aforementioned focus shifts of theinfrared sagittal ray at three fields of view is denoted by AISFS (unitof measurement: mm). The maximum values of the through-focus MTF of theinfrared sagittal ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view,and 0.7 field of view are denoted by ISMTF0, ISMTF3, and ISMTF7,respectively. The values of ISMTF0, ISMTF3, and ISMTF7 equal to 0.787,0.802, and 0.772, respectively. The focus shifts where the through-focusMTF values of the infrared tangential ray at the central field of view,0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the optical image capturingsystem are at their respective maxima are denoted by ITFS0, ITFS3, andITFS7 (unit of measurement: mm), respectively. The values of ITFS0,ITFS3, and ITFS7 equal to 0.025, 0.035, and 0.035, respectively. Theaverage focus shift (position) of the aforementioned focus shifts of theinfrared tangential ray at three fields of view is denoted by AITFS(unit of measurement: mm) The maximum values of the through-focus MTF ofthe infrared tangential ray at the central field of view, 0.3 field ofview, and 0.7 field of view are denoted by ITMTF0, ITMTF3, and ITMTF7,respectively. The values of ITMTF0, ITMTF3, and ITMTF7 equal to 0.787,0.805, and 0.721, respectively. The average focus shift (position) ofboth of the aforementioned focus shifts of the infrared sagittal ray atthe three fields of view and focus shifts of the infrared tangential rayat the three fields of view is denoted by AIFS (unit of measurement:mm), which equals to the absolute value of|(ISFS0+ISFS3+ISFS7+ITFS0+ITFS3+ITFS7)/6|=10.02667 mm |.

The focus shift (difference) of the focal points of the visible lightfrom those of the infrared light at their respective central fields ofview (RGB/IR) of the overall optical image capturing system (i.e.wavelength of 850 nm versus wavelength of 555 nm, unit of measurement:mm) is denoted by FS (the distance between the first and second imageplanes on the optical axis), which satisfies the absolute value|(VSFS0+VTFS0)/2−(ISFS0+ITFS0)/2|=|0.025 mm|. The difference (focusshift) between the average focus shift of the visible light in the threefields of view and the average focus shift of the infrared light in thethree fields of view (RGB/IR) of the entire optical image capturingsystem is denoted by AFS (i.e. wavelength of 850 nm versus wavelength of555 nm, unit of measurement: mm), which may satisfy the condition of|AIFS−AVFS|=|0.02667 mm |.

In the optical image capturing system of the first embodiment, thetransverse aberration of the visible rays with the longest operationwavelength from a positive-directional tangential fan, which passthrough the edge of the entrance pupil and strike at the position of 0.7field of view on the first image plane, is denoted as PLTA, andPLTA=0.006 mm. The transverse aberration of the visible rays with theshortest operation wavelength from a positive-directional tangentialfan, which pass through the edge of the entrance pupil and strike at theposition of 0.7 field of view on the first image plane, is denoted asPSTA, and PSTA=0.005 mm. The transverse aberration of the visible rayswith the longest operation wavelength from the negative-directionaltangential fan, which pass through the edge of the entrance pupil andstrike at the position of 0.7 field of view on the first image plane, isdenoted as NLTA, and NLTA=0.004 mm. The transverse aberration of thevisible rays with the shortest operation wavelength from thenegative-directional tangential fan, which pass through the edge of theentrance pupil and strike at the position of 0.7 field of view on thefirst image plane, is denoted as NSTA, and NSTA=−0.007 mm. Thetransverse aberration of the visible rays with the longest operationwavelength from the sagittal fan, which pass through the edge of theentrance pupil and strike at the position of 0.7 field of view on thefirst image plane, is denoted as SLTA, and SLTA=−0.003 mm The transverseaberration of the visible rays with the shortest operation wavelengthfrom the sagittal fan, which pass through the edge of the entrance pupiland strike at the position of 0.7 field of view on the first imageplane, is denoted as SSTA, and SSTA=0.008 mm.

Table 1 and Table 2 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 1 Lens Parameters for the First Embodiment f(focal length) = 4.075mm; f/HEP = 1.4; HAF(half angle of view) = 50.000 deg Surface ThicknessRefractive Abbe Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index No.Length 0 Object Plane Plane 1 Lens 1 −40.99625704 1.934 Plastic 1.51556.55 −7.828 2 4.555209289 5.923 3 Aperture Plane 0.495 Stop 4 Lens 25.333427366 2.486 Plastic 1.544 55.96 5.897 5 −6.781659971 0.502 6 Lens3 −5.697794287 0.380 Plastic 1.642 22.46 −25.738 7 −8.883957518 0.401 8Lens 4 13.19225664 1.236 Plastic 1.544 55.96 59.205 9 21.55681832 0.02510 Lens 5 8.987806345 1.072 Plastic 1.515 56.55 4.668 11 −3.1588753740.025 12 Lens 6 −29.46491425 1.031 Plastic 1.642 22.46 −4.886 133.593484273 2.412 14 IR- Plane 0.200 1.517 64.13 bandstop Filter 15Plane 1.420 16 Image Plane Plane Reference Wavelength = 555 nm; ShieldPosition: The 1^(st) surface with effective aperture radius of 5.800 mm,the 3^(rd) surface with effective aperture radius of 1.570 mm, and the5^(th) surface with the effective aperture radius of 1.950 mm

TABLE 2 Aspheric Coefficients of the First Embodiment Table 2: AsphericCoefficients Surface No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 k 4.310876E+01 −4.707622E+00 2.616025E+00  2.445397E+00  5.645686E+00 −2.117147E+01 −5.287220E+00 A₄7.054243E−03  1.714312E−02 −8.377541E−03 −1.789549E−02 −3.379055E−03−1.370959E−02 −2.937377E−02 A₆ −5.233264E−04  −1.502232E−04−1.838068E−03 −3.657520E−03 −1.225453E−03  6.250200E−03  2.743532E−03 A₈3.077890E−05 −1.359611E−04  1.233332E−03 −1.131622E−03 −5.979572E−03−5.854426E−03 −2.457574E−03 A₁₀ −1.260650E−06   2.680747E−05−2.390895E−03  1.390351E−03  4.556449E−03  4.049451E−03  1.874319E−03A₁₂ 3.319093E−08 −2.017491E−06  1.998555E−03 −4.152857E−04 −1.177175E−03−1.314592E−03 −6.013661E−04 A₁₄ −5.051600E−10   6.604615E−08−9.734019E−04  5.487286E−05  1.370522E−04  2.143097E−04  8.792480E−05A₁₆ 3.380000E−12 −1.301630E−09  2.478373E−04 −2.919339E−06 −5.974015E−06−1.399894E−05 −4.770527E−06 Surface No. 9 10 11 12 13 k  6.200000E+01−2.114008E+01 −7.699904E+00 −6.155476E+01 −3.120467E−01 A₄ −1.359965E−01−1.263831E−01 −1.927804E−02 −2.492467E−02 −3.521844E−02 A₆  6.628518E−02 6.965399E−02  2.478376E−03 −1.835360E−03  5.629654E−03 A₈ −2.129167E−02−2.116027E−02  1.438785E−03  3.201343E−03 −5.466925E−04 A₁₀ 4.396344E−03  3.819371E−03 −7.013749E−04 −8.990757E−04  2.231154E−05A₁₂ −5.542899E−04 −4.040283E−04  1.253214E−04  1.245343E−04 5.548990E−07 A₁₄  3.768879E−05  2.280473E−05 −9.943196E−06−8.788363E−06 −9.396920E−08 A₁₆ −1.052467E−06 −5.165452E−07 2.898397E−07  2.494302E−07  2.728360E−09

The values pertaining to the length of the outline curves are can beobtained from the data in Table 1 and Table 2:

First Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) ARE ½(HEP) AREvalue ARE − ½(HEP) 2(ARE/HEP) % TP ARE/TP (%) 11 1.455 1.455 −0.0003399.98% 1.934 75.23% 12 1.455 1.495 0.03957 102.72% 1.934 77.29% 21 1.4551.465 0.00940 100.65% 2.486 58.93% 22 1.455 1.495 0.03950 102.71% 2.48660.14% 31 1.455 1.486 0.03045 102.09% 0.380 391.02% 32 1.455 1.4640.00830 100.57% 0.380 385.19% 41 1.455 1.458 0.00237 100.16% 1.236117.95% 42 1.455 1.484 0.02825 101.94% 1.236 120.04% 51 1.455 1.4620.00672 100.46% 1.072 136.42% 52 1.455 1.499 0.04335 102.98% 1.072139.83% 61 1.455 1.465 0.00964 100.66% 1.031 142.06% 62 1.455 1.4690.01374 100.94% 1.031 142.45% ARS EHD ARS value ARS − EHD (ARS/EHD)% TPARS/TP (%) 11 5.800 6.141 0.341 105.88% 1.934 317.51% 12 3.299 4.4231.125 134.10% 1.934 228.70% 21 1.664 1.674 0.010 100.61% 2.486 67.35% 221.950 2.119 0.169 108.65% 2.486 85.23% 31 1.980 2.048 0.069 103.47%0.380 539.05% 32 2.084 2.101 0.017 100.83% 0.380 552.87% 41 2.247 2.2870.040 101.80% 1.236 185.05% 42 2.530 2.813 0.284 111.22% 1.236 227.63%51 2.655 2.690 0.035 101.32% 1.072 250.99% 52 2.764 2.930 0.166 106.00%1.072 273.40% 61 2.816 2.905 0.089 103.16% 1.031 281.64% 62 3.363 3.3910.029 100.86% 1.031 328.83%

Table 1 is the detailed structural data for the first embodiment in FIG.1A, of which the unit for the curvature radius, the central thickness,the distance, and the focal length is millimeters (mm). Surfaces 0-16illustrate the surfaces from the object side to the image plane in theoptical image capturing system. Table 2 shows the aspheric coefficientsof the first embodiment, where k is the conic coefficient in theaspheric surface equation, and A₁-A₂₀ are respectively the first to thetwentieth order aspheric surface coefficients. Besides, the tables inthe following embodiments correspond to their respective schematic viewsand the diagrams of aberration curves, and definitions of the parametersin these tables are similar to those in the Table 1 and the Table 2, sothe repetitive details will not be given here.

Second Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 2A to 2E. FIG. 2A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the second embodiment of thepresent invention. The optical image capturing system may include animaging lens assembly 20-A having seven lens elements with refractivepowers, which may focus both visible and infrared lights to form highquality images. FIG. 2B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system of the second embodiment, in the orderfrom left to right. FIG. 2C is a transverse aberration diagram at 0.7HOI on the image plane of the optical image capturing system of thesecond embodiment. FIG. 2D is a diagram showing the through-focus MTFvalues of the visible light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the second embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 2E is a diagram showing the through-focus MTFvalues of the infrared light spectrum at the central field of view, 0.3field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the second embodiment of thepresent disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2A, in the order from the objectside to the image side, the optical image capturing system includes anaperture stop 200, a first lens element 210, a second lens element 220,a third lens element 230, a fourth lens element 240, a fifth lenselement 250, a sixth lens element 260, a seventh lens element 270, anIR-bandstop filter 280, an image plane 290, and an image sensing device292.

The first lens element 210 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 210 has a convex object-sidesurface 212 and a concave image-side surface 214. Both of theobject-side surface 212 and the image-side surface 214 are aspheric andhave one inflection point.

The second lens element 220 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 220 has a convex object-sidesurface 222 and a concave image-side surface 224. Both of theobject-side surface 222 and the image-side surface 224 are aspheric andhave one inflection point.

The third lens element 230 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 230 has a convex object-sidesurface 232 and a concave image-side surface 234. Both of theobject-side surface 232 and the image-side surface 234 are aspheric, andthe object-side surface 232 has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 240 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 240 has a concave object-sidesurface 242 and a convex image-side surface 244. Both of the object-sidesurface 242 and the image-side surface 244 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 242 has one inflection point, and the image-side surface 244 hastwo inflection points.

The fifth lens element 250 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 250 has a convex object-sidesurface 252 and a concave image-side surface 254. Both of theobject-side surface 252 and the image-side surface 254 are aspheric andhave one inflection point.

The sixth lens element 260 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The sixth lens element 260 has a concave object-sidesurface 262 and a convex image-side surface 264. Both of the object-sidesurface 262 and the image-side surface 264 are aspheric and have twoinflection points. With this configuration, the incident angle on thesixth lens element 260 from each field of view may be adjusted so thatthe aberration can be reduced.

The seventh lens element 270 has negative refractive power and is madeof plastic material. The seventh lens element 270 has a convexobject-side surface 272 and a concave image-side surface 274. With thisconfiguration, the back focal distance of the optical image capturingsystem may be shortened and the system may be minimized. Besides, sinceboth the object-side surface 272 and the image-side surface 274 have oneinflection point, the incident angle of the off-axis rays can be reducedeffectively, thereby further correcting the off-axis aberration.

The IR-bandstop filter 280 may be made of glass material and is disposedbetween the seventh lens element 270 and the image plane 290. TheIR-bandstop filter 280 does not affect the focal length of the opticalimage capturing system.

Table 3 and Table 4 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 3 Lens Parameters for the Second Embodiment f(focal length) =4.7601 mm; f/HEP = 2.2; HAF(half angle of view) = 95.98 deg SurfaceThickness Refractive Abbe Focal No. Curvature radius (mm) Material IndexNo. Length 0 Object 1E+18 1E+18 1 Lens 1 47.71478323 4.977 Glass 2.00129.13 −12.647 2 9.527614761 13.737 3 Lens 2 −14.88061107 5.000 Glass2.001 29.13 −99.541 4 −20.42046946 10.837 5 Lens 3 182.4762997 5.000Glass 1.847 23.78 44.046 6 −46.71963608 13.902 7 Aperture 1E+18 0.850Stop 8 Lens 4 28.60018103 4.095 Glass 1.834 37.35 19.369 9 −35.085075860.323 10 Lens 5 18.25991342 1.539 Glass 1.609 46.44 20.223 11−36.99028878 0.546 12 Lens 6 −18.24574524 5.000 Glass 2.002 19.32 −7.66813 15.33897192 0.215 14 Lens 7 16.13218937 4.933 Glass 1.517 64.2013.620 15 −11.24007 8.664 16 IR- 1E+18 1.000 BK_7 1.517 64.2 bandstopFilter 17 1E+18 1.007 18 Image 1E+18 −0.007 Plane Reference Wavelength(d-line) = 555 nm

TABLE 4 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Second Embodiment Table 4:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 A₄ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₆ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₈0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₁₂ 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 Surface No. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 k 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₄0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₆ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₈ 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 A₁₂ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00

In the second embodiment, the presentation of the aspheric surfaceequation is similar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, thedefinitions of parameters in following tables are similar to those inthe first embodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditions can be obtained from the data inTable 3 and Table 4.

Second Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) |f/f1| |f/f2||f/f3| |f/f4| |f/f5| |f/f6| 0.3764 0.0478 0.1081 0.2458 0.2354 0.6208|f/f7| ΣPPR ΣNPR ΣPPR/|ΣNPR| IN12/f IN67/f 0.3495 1.3510 0.6327 2.13522.8858 0.0451 |f1/f2| |f2/f3| (TP1 + IN12)/TP2 (TP7 + IN67)/TP6 0.12712.2599 3.7428 1.0296 HOS InTL HOS/HOI InS/HOS ODT % TDT % 81.6178 70.9539  13.6030  0.3451 −113.2790   84.4806  HVT11 HVT12 HVT21 HVT22HVT31 HVT32 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 HVT61 HVT62 HVT71HVT72 HVT72/HOI HVT72/HOS 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 PSTAPLTA NSTA NLTA SSTA SLTA 0.060 mm −0.005 mm 0.016 mm 0.006 mm 0.020 mm−0.008 mm

The values pertaining to the length of the outline curves are obtainablefrom the data in Table 3 and Table 4:

Second Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) ARE ½(HEP) AREvalue ARE − ½(HEP) 2(ARE/HEP) % TP ARE/TP (%) 11 1.082 1.081 −0.0007599.93% 4.977 21.72% 12 1.082 1.083 0.00149 100.14% 4.977 21.77% 21 1.0821.082 0.00011 100.01% 5.000 21.64% 22 1.082 1.082 −0.00034 99.97% 5.00021.63% 31 1.082 1.081 −0.00084 99.92% 5.000 21.62% 32 1.082 1.081−0.00075 99.93% 5.000 21.62% 41 1.082 1.081 −0.00059 99.95% 4.095 26.41%42 1.082 1.081 −0.00067 99.94% 4.095 26.40% 51 1.082 1.082 −0.0002199.98% 1.539 70.28% 52 1.082 1.081 −0.00069 99.94% 1.539 70.25% 61 1.0821.082 −0.00021 99.98% 5.000 21.63% 62 1.082 1.082 0.00005 100.00% 5.00021.64% 71 1.082 1.082 −0.00003 100.00% 4.933 21.93% 72 1.082 1.0830.00083 100.08% 4.933 21.95% ARS EHD ARS value ARS − EHD (ARS/EHD)% TPARS/TP (%) 11 20.767 21.486 0.719 103.46% 4.977 431.68% 12 9.412 13.4744.062 143.16% 4.977 270.71% 21 8.636 9.212 0.577 106.68% 5.000 184.25%22 9.838 10.264 0.426 104.33% 5.000 205.27% 31 8.770 8.772 0.003 100.03%5.000 175.45% 32 8.511 8.558 0.047 100.55% 5.000 171.16% 41 4.600 4.6190.019 100.42% 4.095 112.80% 42 4.965 4.981 0.016 100.32% 4.095 121.64%51 5.075 5.143 0.067 101.33% 1.539 334.15% 52 5.047 5.062 0.015 100.30%1.539 328.89% 61 5.011 5.075 0.064 101.28% 5.000 101.50% 62 5.373 5.4890.116 102.16% 5.000 109.79% 71 5.513 5.625 0.112 102.04% 4.933 114.03%72 5.981 6.307 0.326 105.44% 4.933 127.84%

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 3 and Table 4.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Second Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF111 0 HIF111/HOI 0 SGI111 0|SGI111|/(|SGI111| + TP1) 0

Third Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 3A to 3E. FIG. 3A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the third embodiment of thepresent invention. The optical image capturing system may include animaging lens assembly 30-A having six lens elements with refractivepowers, which may focus both visible and infrared lights to form highquality images. FIG. 3B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3C is atransverse aberration diagram at 0.7 HOI on the image plane of theoptical image capturing system of the third embodiment. FIG. 3D is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3E is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the infrared lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the third embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 3A, in the order from the object side to the image side, theoptical image capturing system includes a first lens element 310, asecond lens element 320, a third lens element 330, an aperture stop 300,a fourth lens element 340, a fifth lens element 350, a sixth lenselement 360, an IR-bandstop filter 380, an image plane 390, and an imagesensing device 392.

The first lens element 310 has negative refractive power and is made ofglass material. The first lens element 310 has a convex object-sidesurface 312 and a concave image-side surface 314. Both of theobject-side surface 312 and the image-side surface 314 are aspheric.

The second lens element 320 has negative refractive power and is made ofglass material. The second lens element 320 has a concave object-sidesurface 322 and a convex image-side surface 324. Both of the object-sidesurface 322 and the image-side surface 324 are aspheric.

The third lens element 330 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 330 has a convex object-sidesurface 332 and a convex image-side surface 334. Both of the object-sidesurface 332 and the image-side surface 334 are aspheric. The image-sidesurface 334 has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 340 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 340 has a concave object-sidesurface 342 and a concave image-side surface 344. Both of theobject-side surface 342 and the image-side surface 344 are aspheric. Theimage-side surface 344 has one inflection point.

The fifth lens element 350 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 350 has a convex object-sidesurface 352 and a convex image-side surface 354. Both of the object-sidesurface 352 and the image-side surface 354 are aspheric.

The sixth lens element 360 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The sixth lens element 360 has a convex object-sidesurface 362 and a concave image-side surface 364. Both of theobject-side surface 362 and the image-side surface 364 are aspheric andhave one inflection point. With this configuration, the back focaldistance of the optical image capturing system may be shortened and thesystem may be minimized. Besides, the incident angle of the off-axisrays can be reduced effectively, thereby further correcting the off-axisaberration.

The IR-bandstop filter 380 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the sixth lens element 360 and the image plane 390, withoutaffecting the focal length of the optical image capturing system.

Table 5 and Table 6 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 5 Lens Parameters for the Third Embodiment f(focal length) = 2.808mm; f/HEP = 1.6; HAF(half angle of view) = 100 deg Surface ThicknessRefractive Abbe Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material Index No.Length 0 Object 1E+18 1E+18 1 Lens 1 71.398124 7.214 Glass 1.702 41.15−11.765 2 7.117272355 5.788 3 Lens 2 −13.29213699 10.000 Glass 2.00319.32 −4537.460 4 −18.37509887 7.005 5 Lens 3 5.039114804 1.398 Plastic1.514 56.80 7.553 6 −15.53136631 −0.140 7 Aperture 1E+18 2.378 Stop 8Lens 4 −18.68613609 0.577 Plastic 1.661 20.40 −4.978 9 4.086545927 0.14110 Lens 5 4.927609282 2.974 Plastic 1.565 58.00 4.709 11 −4.5519466051.389 12 Lens 6 9.184876531 1.916 Plastic 1.514 56.80 −23.405 134.845500046 0.800 14 IR- 1E+18 0.500 BK_7 1.517 64.13 bandstop Filter 151E+18 0.371 16 Image 1E+18 0.005 Plane Reference Wavelength = 555 nm, noshielding

TABLE 6 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Third Embodiment Table 6:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 1.318519E−01 3.120384E+00−1.494442E+01 A₄ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+006.405246E−05 2.103942E−03 −1.598286E−03 A₆ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 2.278341E−05 −1.050629E−04  −9.177115E−04 A₈0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 −3.672908E−06 6.168906E−06  1.011405E−04 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 3.748457E−07 −1.224682E−07  −4.919835E−06 Surface No. 9 1011 12 13 k 2.744228E−02 −7.864013E+00  −2.263702E+00 −4.206923E+01−7.030803E+00 A₄ −7.291825E−03  1.405243E−04 −3.919567E−03 −1.679499E−03−2.640099E−03 A₆ 9.730714E−05 1.837602E−04  2.683449E−04 −3.518520E−04−4.507651E−05 A₈ 1.101816E−06 −2.173368E−05  −1.229452E−05  5.047353E−05−2.600391E−05 A₁₀ −6.849076E−07  7.328496E−07  4.222621E−07−3.851055E−06  1.161811E−06

In the third embodiment, the presentation of the aspheric surfaceequation is similar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, thedefinitions of parameters in following tables are similar to those inthe first embodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 5 and Table 6.

Third Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) |f/f1| |f/f2||f/f3| |f/f4| |f/f5| |f/f6|  0.23865  0.00062   0.37172 0.56396 0.596210.11996 ΣPPR ΣNPR ΣPPR/|ΣNPR| IN12/f IN56/f TP4/(IN34 + TP4 + IN45) 1.77054  0.12058  14.68400 2.06169 0.49464 0.19512 |f1/f2| |f2/f3|(TP1 + IN12)/TP2 (TP6 + IN56)/TP5  0.00259 600.74778 1.30023 1.11131 HOSInTL HOS/HOI InS/HOS ODT % TDT %  42.31580  40.63970  10.57895 0.26115−122.32700   93.33510  HVT51 HVT52 HVT61 HVT62 HVT62/HOI HVT62/HOS 0   0      2.22299 2.60561 0.65140 0.06158 TP2/TP3 TP3/TP4 InRS61 InRS62|InRS61|/TP6 |InRS62|/TP6  7.15374  2.42321  −0.20807 −0.24978  0.108610.13038 PSTA PLTA NSTA NLTA SSTA SLTA 0.014 mm 0.002 mm −0.003 mm −0.002mm 0.011 mm −0.001 mm VSFS0 VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0 VTFS3 VTFS7 −0.000 −0.005  −0.000 −0.000   0.005  −0.000   VSMTF0 VSMTF3 VSMTF7 VTMTF0VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.733 0.728  0.663 0.733  0.613  0.534  ISFS0 ISFS3 ISFS7ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 0.005 −0.000  −0.000 0.005  0.010  0.020  ISMTF0ISMTF3 ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.788 0.777 −0.734 0.788  0.740 0.597  FS AIFS AVFS AFS 0.005 0.007  0.000 0.007 

The values pertaining to the length of the outline curves are obtainablefrom the data in Table 5 and Table 6:

Third Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) ARE 1/2(HEP)ARE value ARE − ½(HEP) 2(ARE/HEP) % TP ARE/TP (%) 11 0.877 0.877−0.00036 99.96% 7.214 12.16% 12 0.877 0.879 0.00186 100.21% 7.214 12.19%21 0.877 0.878 0.00026 100.03% 10.000 8.78% 22 0.877 0.877 −0.00004100.00% 10.000 8.77% 31 0.877 0.882 0.00413 100.47% 1.398 63.06% 320.877 0.877 0.00004 100.00% 1.398 62.77% 41 0.877 0.877 −0.00001 100.00%0.577 152.09% 42 0.877 0.883 0.00579 100.66% 0.577 153.10% 51 0.8770.881 0.00373 100.43% 2.974 29.63% 52 0.877 0.883 0.00521 100.59% 2.97429.68% 61 0.877 0.878 0.00064 100.07% 1.916 45.83% 62 0.877 0.8810.00368 100.42% 1.916 45.99% ARS EHD ARS value ARS − EHD (ARS/EHD) % TPARS/TP (%) 11 17.443 17.620 0.178 101.02% 7.214 244.25% 12 6.428 8.0191.592 124.76% 7.214 111.16% 21 6.318 6.584 0.266 104.20% 10.000 65.84%22 6.340 6.472 0.132 102.08% 10.000 64.72% 31 2.699 2.857 0.158 105.84%1.398 204.38% 32 2.476 2.481 0.005 100.18% 1.398 177.46% 41 2.601 2.6520.051 101.96% 0.577 459.78% 42 3.006 3.119 0.113 103.75% 0.577 540.61%51 3.075 3.171 0.096 103.13% 2.974 106.65% 52 3.317 3.624 0.307 109.24%2.974 121.88% 61 3.331 3.427 0.095 102.86% 1.916 178.88% 62 3.944 4.1600.215 105.46% 1.916 217.14%

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 5 and Table 6.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Third Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF321 2.0367 HIF321/HOI 0.5092 SGI321−0.1056 |SGI321|/(|SGI321| + TP3) 0.0702 HIF421 2.4635 HIF421/HOI 0.6159SGI421 0.5780 |SGI421|/(|SGI421| + TP4) 0.5005 HIF611 1.2364 HIF611/HOI0.3091 SGI611 0.0668 |SGI611|/(|SGI611| + TP6) 0.0337 HIF621 1.5488HIF621/HOI 0.3872 SGI621 0.2014 |SGI621|/(|SGI621| + TP6) 0.0951

Fourth Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 4A to 4E. FIG. 4A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the fourth embodiment of thepresent invention. The optical image capturing system may include animaging lens assembly 40-A having five lens elements with refractivepowers, which may focus both visible and infrared lights to form highquality images. FIG. 4B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4C isa transverse aberration diagram at 0.7 HOI on the image plane of theoptical image capturing system of the fourth embodiment. FIG. 4D is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the present embodiment. FIG. 4E is a diagram showing thethrough-focus MTF values of the infrared light spectrum at the centralfield of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the fourthembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4A, in the orderfrom the object side to the image side, the optical image capturingsystem includes a first lens element 410, a second lens element 420, anaperture stop 400, a third lens element 430, a fourth lens element 440,a fifth lens element 450, an IR-bandstop filter 480, an image plane 490,and an image sensing device 492.

The first lens element 410 has negative refractive power and is made ofglass material. The first lens element 410 has a convex object-sidesurface 412 and a concave image-side surface 414. Both of theobject-side surface 412 and the image-side surface 414 are aspheric.

The second lens element 420 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 420 has a concave object-sidesurface 422 and a concave image-side surface 424. Both of theobject-side surface 422 and the image-side surface 424 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 422 has one inflection point.

The third lens element 430 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 430 has a convex object-sidesurface 432 and a convex image-side surface 434. Both of the object-sidesurface 432 and the image-side surface 434 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 432 has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 440 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 440 has a convex object-sidesurface 442 and a convex image-side surface 444. Both of the object-sidesurface 442 and the image-side surface 444 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 442 has one inflection point.

The fifth lens element 450 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fifth lens element 450 has a concave object-sidesurface 452 and a concave image-side surface 454. Both of theobject-side surface 452 and the image-side surface 454 are aspheric. Theobject-side surface 452 has two inflection points. With thisconfiguration, the back focal distance of the optical image capturingsystem may be shortened and the system may be minimized.

The IR-bandstop filter 480 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the fifth lens element 450 and the image plane 490. TheIR-bandstop filter 480 does not affect the focal length of the opticalimage capturing system.

Table 7 and Table 8 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 7 Lens Parameters for the Fourth Embodiment f(focal length) =2.7883 mm; f/HEP = 1.8; HAF(half angle of view) = 101 deg SurfaceThickness Refractive Abbe Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material IndexNo. Length 0 Object 1E+18 1E+18 1 Len 1 76.84219 6.117399 Glass 1.49781.61 −31.322 2 12.62555 5.924382 3 Lens 2 −37.0327 3.429817 Plastic1.565 54.5 −8.70843 4 5.88556 5.305191 5 Lens 3 17.99395 14.79391 6−5.76903 −0.4855 Plastic 1.565 58 9.94787 7 Aperture 1E+18 0.535498 Stop8 Lens 4 8.19404 4.011739 Plastic 1.565 58 5.24898 9 −3.84363 0.05036610 Lens 5 −4.34991 2.088275 Plastic 1.661 20.4 −4.97515 11 16.6609 0.612 IR-bandstop 1E+18 0.5 BK_7 1.517 64.13 Filter 13 1E+18 3.254927 14Image Plane 1E+18 −0.00013 Reference Wavelength = 555 nm

TABLE 8 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Fourth Embodiment Table 8:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 k 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.131249 −0.069541 −0.324555 0.009216 −0.292346 A₄0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 3.99823E−05 −8.55712E−04 −9.07093E−048.80963E−04 −1.02138E−03 A₆ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 9.03636E−08−1.96175E−06 −1.02465E−05 3.14497E−05 −1.18559E−04 A₈ 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 1.91025E−09 −1.39344E−08 −8.18157E−08 −3.15863E−06  1.34404E−05 A₁₀ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 −1.18567E−11  −4.17090E−09−2.42621E−09 1.44613E−07 −2.80681E−06 A₁₂ 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00  0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00Surface No. 9 10 11 k −0.18604 −6.17195 27.541383 A₄ 4.33629E−03 1.58379E−03  7.56932E−03 A₆ −2.91588E−04  −1.81549E−04 −7.83858E−04 A₈9.11419E−06 −1.18213E−05  4.79120E−05 A₁₀ 1.28365E−07  1.92716E−06−1.73591E−06 A₁₂ 0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00

In the fourth embodiment, the form of the aspheric surface equation issimilar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, the definitions ofparameters in following tables are similar to those in the firstembodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 7 and Table 8.

Fourth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) |f/f1| |f/f2||f/f3| |f/f4| |f/f5| |f1/f2| 0.08902 0.32019 0.28029  0.53121 0.560453.59674 ΣPPR ΣNPR ΣPPR/|ΣNPR| IN12/f IN45/f |f2/f3| 1.4118  0.3693 3.8229   2.1247 0.0181  0.8754  TP3/(IN23 + TP3 + IN34) (TP1 + IN12)/TP2(TP5 + IN45)/TP4 0.73422 3.51091 0.53309 HOS InTL HOS/HOI InS/HOS ODT %TDT % 46.12590  41.77110  11.53148   0.23936 −125.266    99.1671  HVT41HVT42 HVT51 HVT52 HVT52/HOI HVT52/HOS 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000  0.000000.00000 0.00000 TP2/TP3 TP3/TP4 InRS51 InRS52 |InRS51|/TP5 |InRS52|/TP50.23184 3.68765 −0.679265  0.5369 0.32528 0.25710 PSTA PLTA NSTA NLTASSTA SLTA −0.011 mm 0.005 mm −0.010 mm −0.003 mm 0.005 mm −0.00026 mmVSFS0 VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0 VTFS3 VTFS7 −0.000   −0.000   −0.005   −0.000 −0.000   −0.000   VSMTF0 VSMTF3 VSMTF7 VTMTF0 VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.631 0.624  0.626  0.631 0.602  0.562  ISFS0 ISFS3 ISFS7 ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7−0.005   −0.005   −0.000   −0.005  −0.000   0.015  ISMTF0 ISMTF3 ISMTF7ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.769  0.745  0.701  0.769 0.741  0.687  FS AIFSAVFS AFS 0.005  −0.000   −0.001   0.001

The values pertaining to the length of the outline curves are obtainablefrom the data in Table 7 and Table 8:

Fourth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) ARE 1/2(HEP)ARE value ARE − ½(HEP) 2(ARE/HEP) % TP ARE/TP (%) 11 0.775 0.774−0.00052 99.93% 6.117 12.65% 12 0.775 0.774 −0.00005 99.99% 6.117 12.66%21 0.775 0.774 −0.00048 99.94% 3.430 22.57% 22 0.775 0.776 0.00168100.22% 3.430 22.63% 31 0.775 0.774 −0.00031 99.96% 14.794 5.23% 320.775 0.776 0.00177 100.23% 14.794 5.25% 41 0.775 0.775 0.00059 100.08%4.012 19.32% 42 0.775 0.779 0.00453 100.59% 4.012 19.42% 51 0.775 0.7780.00311 100.40% 2.088 37.24% 52 0.775 0.774 −0.00014 99.98% 2.088 37.08%ARS EHD ARS value ARS − EHD (ARS/EHD) % TP ARS/TP (%) 11 23.038 23.3970.359 101.56% 6.117 382.46% 12 10.140 11.772 1.632 116.10% 6.117 192.44%21 10.138 10.178 0.039 100.39% 3.430 296.74% 22 5.537 6.337 0.800114.44% 3.430 184.76% 31 4.490 4.502 0.012 100.27% 14.794 30.43% 322.544 2.620 0.076 102.97% 14.794 17.71% 41 2.735 2.759 0.024 100.89%4.012 68.77% 42 3.123 3.449 0.326 110.43% 4.012 85.97% 51 2.934 3.0230.089 103.04% 2.088 144.74% 52 2.799 2.883 0.084 103.00% 2.088 138.08%

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 7 and Table 8.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Fourth Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF211 6.3902 HIF211/HOI 1.5976 SGI211−0.4793 |SGI211|/(|SGI211| + TP2) 0.1226 HIF311 2.1324 HIF311/HOI 0.5331SGI311 0.1069 |SGI311|/(|SGI311| + TP3) 0.0072 HIF411 2.0278 HIF411/HOI0.5070 SGI411 0.2287 |SGI411|/(|SGI411| + TP4) 0.0539 HIF511 2.6253HIF511/HOI 0.6563 SGI511 −0.5681 |SGI511|/(|SGI511| + TP5) 0.2139 HIF5122.1521 HIF512/HOI 0.5380 SGI512 −0.8314 |SGI512|/(|SGI512| + TP5) 0.2848

Fifth Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 5A to 5E. FIG. 5A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the fifth embodiment of thepresent invention. The optical image capturing system may include animaging lens assembly 50-A having four lens elements with refractivepowers, which may focus both visible and infrared lights to form highquality images. FIG. 5B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5C is atransverse aberration diagram of the longest operation wavelength andthe shortest operation wavelength for tangential fan and sagittal fan,of which the longest operation wavelength and the shortest operationwavelength pass through an edge of the entrance pupil and incident atthe position of 0.7 HOI on the image plane, according to the fifthembodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5D is a diagram showing thethrough-focus MTF values of the visible light spectrum at the centralfield of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the fifthembodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5E is a diagram showing thethrough-focus MTF values of the infrared light spectrum at the centralfield of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view of the fifthembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5A, in the orderfrom an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing systemincludes an aperture stop 500, a first lens element 510, a second lenselement 520, a third lens element 530, a fourth lens element 540, anIR-bandstop filter 570, an image plane 580, and an image sensing device590.

The first lens element 510 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 510 has a convex object-sidesurface 512 and a convex image-side surface 514, and both object-sidesurface 512 and image-side surface 514 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 512 has one inflection point.

The second lens element 520 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 520 has a convex object-sidesurface 522 and a concave image-side surface 524, and both object-sidesurface 522 and image-side surface 524 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 522 has two inflection points, and the image-side surface 524has one inflection point.

The third lens element 530 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 530 has a concave object-sidesurface 532 and a convex image-side surface 534, and both object-sidesurface 532 and image-side surface 534 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 532 has three inflection points, and the image-side surface 534has one inflection point.

The fourth lens element 540 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The fourth lens element 540 has a concave object-sidesurface 542 and a concave image-side surface 544. Both object-sidesurface 542 and image-side surface 544 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 542 has two inflection points, and the image-side surface 544has one inflection point.

The IR-bandstop filter 570 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the fourth lens element 540 and the image plane 580 withoutaffecting the focal length of the optical image capturing system.

Table 9 and Table 10 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 9 Lens Parameters for the Fifth Embodiment f(focal length) =1.04102 mm; f/HEP = 1.4; HAF(half angle of view) = 44.0346 deg SurfaceThickness Refractive Abbe Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material IndexNo. Length 0 Object 1E+18 600 1 Aperture 1E+18 −0.020 Stop 2 Lens 10.890166851 0.210 Plastic 1.545 55.96 1.587 3 −29.11040115 −0.010 41E+18 0.116 5 Lens 2 10.67765398 0.170 Plastic 1.642 22.46 −14.569 64.977771922 0.049 7 Lens 3 −1.191436932 0.349 Plastic 1.545 55.96 0.5108 −0.248990674 0.030 9 Lens 4 −38.08537212 0.176 Plastic 1.642 22.46−0.569 10 0.372574476 0.152 11 IR-bandstop 1E+18 0.210 BK_7 1.517 64.13Filter 12 1E+18 0.185 13 Image Plane 1E+18 0.005 Reference Wavelength =555 nm; Shield Position: The 4^(th) surface with aperture radius of0.360 mm

TABLE 10 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Fifth Embodiment Table 10:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 2 3 5 6 7 8 k = −1.106629E+00 2.994179E−07 −7.788754E+01  −3.440335E+01  −8.522097E−01 −4.735945E+00A₄ = 8.291155E−01 −6.401113E−01  −4.958114E+00  −1.875957E+00 −4.878227E−01 −2.490377E+00 A₆ = −2.398799E+01  −1.265726E+01 1.299769E+02 8.568480E+01  1.291242E+02  1.524149E+02 A₈ = 1.825378E+028.457286E+01 −2.736977E+03  −1.279044E+03  −1.979689E+03 −4.841033E+03A₁₀ = −6.211133E+02  −2.157875E+02  2.908537E+04 8.661312E+03 1.456076E+04  8.053747E+04 A₁₂ = −4.719066E+02  −6.203600E+02 −1.499597E+05  −2.875274E+04  −5.975920E+04 −7.936887E+05 A₁₄ =0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 2.992026E+05 3.764871E+04  1.351676E+05 4.811528E+06 A₁₆ = 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00−1.329001E+05 −1.762293E+07 A₁₈ = 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00  0.000000E+00  3.579891E+07 A₂₀ = 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+000.000000E+00 0.000000E+00  0.000000E+00 −3.094006E+07 Surface No 9 10 k= −2.277155E+01 −8.039778E−01 A₄ =  1.672704E+01 −7.613206E+00 A₆ =−3.260722E+02  3.374046E+01 A₈ =  3.373231E+03 −1.368453E+02 A₁₀ =−2.177676E+04  4.049486E+02 A₁₂ =  8.951687E+04 −9.711797E+02 A₁₄ =−2.363737E+05  1.942574E+03 A₁₆ =  3.983151E+05 −2.876356E+03 A₁₈ =−4.090689E+05  2.562386E+03 A₂₀ =  2.056724E+05 −9.943657E+02

In the fifth embodiment, the form of the aspheric surface equation issimilar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, the definitions ofparameters in following tables are similar to those in the firstembodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 9 and Table 10:

Fifth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) InRS41 InRS42HVT41 HVT42 ODT % TDT %  −0.07431 0.00475 0.00000 0.53450 2.09403 0.84704 |f/f1| |f/f2| |f/f3| |f/f4| |f1/f2| |f2/f3|  0.65616 0.071452.04129 1.83056 0.10890  28.56826 ΣPPR ΣNPR ΣPPR/|ΣNPR| ΣPP ΣNP f1/ΣPP 2.11274 2.48672 0.84961 −14.05932  1.01785  1.03627 f4/ΣNP IN12/fIN23/f IN34/f TP3/f TP4/f  1.55872 0.10215 0.04697 0.02882 0.33567 0.16952 InTL HOS HOS/HOI InS/HOS InTL/HOS ΣTP/InTL  1.09131 1.643291.59853 0.98783 0.66410  0.83025 (TP1 + IN12)/TP2 (TP4 + IN34)/TP3TP1/TP2 TP3/TP4 IN23/(TP2 + IN23 + TP3)  1.86168 0.59088 1.23615 1.980090.08604 |InRS41|/TP4 |InRS42|/TP4 HVT42/HOI HVT42/HOS  0.4211 0.0269 0.5199  0.3253  PSTA PLTA NSTA NLTA SSTA SLTA −0.029 mm −0.023 mm −0.011mm −0.024 mm 0.010 mm 0.011 mm VSFS0 VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0 VTFS3 VTFS7−0.000  −0.000   −0.008   −0.000   0.008  0.003 VSMTF0 VSMTF3 VSMTF7VTMTF0 VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.673 0.404  0.433  0.673  0.359  0.270 ISFS0 ISFS3ISFS7 ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 0.005 0.005  −0.000   0.005  0.018  0.015 ISMTF0ISMTF3 ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.595 0.404  0.377  0.595  0.345 0.292 FS AIFS AVFS AFS 0.005 0.008  0.000  0.008 

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 9 and Table 10.

Values Related to Inflection Point of Fifth Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF111 0.28454 HIF111/HOI 0.27679 SGI1110.04361 |SGI111|/(|SGI111| + TP1) 0.17184 HIF211 0.04198 HIF211/HOI0.04083 SGI211 0.00007 |SGI211|/(|SGI211| + TP2) 0.00040 HIF212 0.37903HIF212/HOI 0.36871 SGI212 −0.03682 |SGI212|/(|SGI212| + TP2) 0.17801HIF221 0.25058 HIF221/HOI 0.24376 SGI221 0.00695 |SGI221|/(|SGI221| +TP2) 0.03927 HIF311 0.14881 HIF311/HOI 0.14476 SGI311 −0.00854|SGI311|/(|SGI311| + TP3) 0.02386 HIF312 0.31992 HIF312/HOI 0.31120SGI312 −0.01783 |SGI312|/(|SGI312| + TP3) 0.04855 HIF313 0.32956HIF313/HOI 0.32058 SGI313 −0.01801 |SGI313|/(|SGI313| + TP3) 0.04902HIF321 0.36943 HIF321/HOI 0.35937 SGI321 −0.14878 |SGI321|/(|SGI321| +TP3) 0.29862 HIF411 0.01147 HIF411/HOI 0.01116 SGI411 −0.00000|SGI411|/(|SGI411| + TP4) 0.00001 HIF412 0.22405 HIF412/HOI 0.21795SGI412 0.01598 |SGI412|/(|SGI412| + TP4) 0.08304 HIF421 0.24105HIF421/HOI 0.23448 SGI421 0.05924 |SGI421|/(|SGI421| + TP4) 0.25131

The values pertaining to the length of the outline curves are obtainablefrom the data in Table 9 and Table 10:

Fifth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) ARE 1/2(HEP)ARE value ARE − ½(HEP) 2(ARE/HEP) % TP ARE/TP (%) 11 0.368 0.374 0.00578101.57% 0.210 178.10% 12 0.366 0.368 0.00240 100.66% 0.210 175.11% 210.372 0.375 0.00267 100.72% 0.170 220.31% 22 0.372 0.371 −0.00060 99.84%0.170 218.39% 31 0.372 0.372 −0.00023 99.94% 0.349 106.35% 32 0.3720.404 0.03219 108.66% 0.349 115.63% 41 0.372 0.373 0.00112 100.30% 0.176211.35% 42 0.372 0.387 0.01533 104.12% 0.176 219.40% ARS EHD ARS valueARS − EHD (ARS/EHD) % TP ARS/TP (%) 11 0.368 0.374 0.00578 101.57% 0.210178.10% 12 0.366 0.368 0.00240 100.66% 0.210 175.11% 21 0.387 0.3910.00383 100.99% 0.170 229.73% 22 0.458 0.460 0.00202 100.44% 0.170270.73% 31 0.476 0.478 0.00161 100.34% 0.349 136.76% 32 0.494 0.5380.04435 108.98% 0.349 154.02% 41 0.585 0.624 0.03890 106.65% 0.176353.34% 42 0.798 0.866 0.06775 108.49% 0.176 490.68%

Sixth Embodiment

Please refer to FIGS. 6A to 6E. FIG. 6A is a schematic view of theoptical image capturing system according to the sixth embodiment of thepresent invention. The optical image capturing system may include animaging lens assembly 60-A having three lens elements with refractivepowers, which may focus both visible and infrared lights to form highquality images. FIG. 6B shows the longitudinal spherical aberrationcurves, astigmatic field curves, and optical distortion curve of theoptical image capturing system, in the order from left to right,according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6C is atransverse aberration diagram at 0.7 HOI on the image plane of theoptical image capturing system of the sixth embodiment. FIG. 6D is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the visible lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6E is adiagram showing the through-focus MTF values of the infrared lightspectrum at the central field of view, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 fieldof view of the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 6A, in the order from an object side to an image side, the opticalimage capturing system includes a first lens element 610, an aperturestop 600, a second lens element 620, a third lens element 630, anIR-bandstop filter 670, an image plane 680, and an image sensing device690.

The first lens element 610 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The first lens element 610 has a convex object-sidesurface 612 and a concave image-side surface 614. Both object-sidesurface 612 and image-side surface 614 are aspheric.

The second lens element 620 has negative refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The second lens element 620 has a concave object-sidesurface 622 and a convex image-side surface 624. Both object-sidesurface 622 and image-side surface 624 are aspheric. The image-sidesurface 624 has one inflection point.

The third lens element 630 has positive refractive power and is made ofplastic material. The third lens element 630 has a convex object-sidesurface 632 and a convex image-side surface 634. Both object-sidesurface 632 and image-side surface 634 are aspheric. The object-sidesurface 632 has two inflection points, and the image-side surface 634has one inflection point.

The IR-bandstop filter 670 is made of glass material and is disposedbetween the third lens element 630 and the image plane 680, withoutaffecting the focal length of the optical image capturing system.

Table 11 and Table 12 below should be incorporated into the reference ofthe present embodiment.

TABLE 11 Lens Parameters for the Sixth Embodiment f(focal length) =2.41135 mm; f/HEP = 2.22; HAF(half angle of view) = 36 deg SurfaceThickness Refractive Abbe Focal No. Curvature Radius (mm) Material IndexNo. Length 0 Object 1E+18 600 1 Lens 1 0.840352226 0.468 Plastic 1.53556.27 2.232 2 2.271975602 0.148 3 Aperture 1E+18 0.277 Stop 4 Lens 2−1.157324239 0.349 Plastic 1.642 22.46 −5.221 5 −1.968404008 0.221 6Lens 3 1.151874235 0.559 Plastic 1.544 56.09 7.360 7 1.338105159 0.123 8IR-bandstop 1E+18 0.210 BK7 1.517 64.13 Filter 9 1E+18 0.547 10 Image1E+18 0.000 Plane Reference Wavelength = 555 nm; Shield Position: The1^(st) surface with aperture radius of 0.640 mm

TABLE 12 The Aspheric Coefficients of the Sixth Embodiment Table 12:Aspheric Coefficients Surface No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 k = −2.019203E−01  1.528275E+01  3.743939E+00 −1.207814E+01 −1.276860E+01 −3.034004E+00 A₄= 3.944883E−02 −1.670490E−01 −4.266331E−01 −1.696843E+00 −7.396546E−01−5.308488E−01 A₆ = 4.774062E−01  3.857435E+00 −1.423859E+00 5.164775E+00  4.449101E−01  4.374142E−01 A₈ = −1.528780E+00 −7.091408E+01  4.119587E+01 −1.445541E+01  2.622372E−01 −3.111192E−01A₁₀ = 5.133947E+00  6.365801E+02 −3.456462E+02  2.876958E+01−2.510946E−01  1.354257E−01 A₁₂ = −6.250496E+00  −3.141002E+03 1.495452E+03 −2.662400E+01 −1.048030E−01 −2.652902E−02 A₁₄ =1.068803E+00  7.962834E+03 −2.747802E+03  1.661634E+01  1.462137E−01−1.203306E−03 A₁₆ = 7.995491E+00 −8.268637E+03  1.443133E+03−1.327827E+01 −3.676651E−02  7.805611E−04

In the sixth embodiment, the form of the aspheric surface equation issimilar to that in the first embodiment. Besides, the definitions ofparameters in following tables are similar to those in the firstembodiment, so the repetitive details will not be given here.

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 11 and Table 12:

Sixth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) |f/f1| |f/f2||f/f3| |f1/f2| |f2/f3| TP1/TP2  1.08042  0.46186  0.32763  2.33928 1.40968 1.33921 ΣPPR ΣNPR ΣPPR/|ΣNPR| IN12/f IN23/f TP2/TP3  1.40805 0.46186  3.04866  0.17636  0.09155 0.62498 TP2/(IN12 + TP2 + IN23)(TP1 + IN12)/TP2 (TP3 + IN23)/TP2 0.35102 2.23183 2.23183 HOS InTLHOS/HOI InS/HOS |ODT|% |TDT|%  2.90175  2.02243  1.61928  0.78770 1.50000 0.71008 HVT21 HVT22 HVT31 HVT32 HVT32/HOI HVT32/HOS  0.00000 0.00000  0.46887  0.67544  0.37692 0.23277 PLTA PSTA NLTA NSTA SLTASSTA −0.002 mm 0.008 mm 0.006 mm −0.008 mm −0.007 mm 0.006 mm VSFS0VSFS3 VSFS7 VTFS0 VTFS3 VTFS7 0.005 −0.005  −0.005  0.005 0.005 −0.000  VSMTF0 VSMTF3 VSMTF7 VTMTF0 VTMTF3 VTMTF7 0.441 0.402 0.309 0.441 0.3690.239  ISFS0 ISFS3 ISFS7 ITFS0 ITFS3 ITFS7 0.040 0.030 0.040 0.040 0.0450.040  ISMTF0 ISMTF3 ISMTF7 ITMTF0 ITMTF3 ITMTF7 0.485 0.441 0.388 0.4850.396 0.273  FS AIFS AVFS AFS 0.035 0.039 0.001 0.038

The following values for the conditional expressions can be obtainedfrom the data in Table 11 and Table 12:

Values Related to Inflection Point of Sixth Embodiment (PrimaryReference Wavelength = 555 nm) HIF221 0.5599 HIF221/HOI 0.3125 SGI221−0.1487 |SGI221|/(|SGI221| + TP2) 0.2412 HIF311 0.2405 HIF311/HOI 0.1342SGI311 0.0201 |SGI311|/(|SGI311| + TP3) 0.0413 HIF312 0.8255 HIF312/HOI0.4607 SGI312 −0.0234 |SGI312|/(|SGI312| + TP3) 0.0476 HIF321 0.3505HIF321/HOI 0.1956 SGI321 0.0371 |SGI321|/(|SGI321| + TP3) 0.0735

The values pertaining to the length of the outline curves are obtainablefrom the data in Table 11 and Table 12:

Sixth Embodiment (Primary Reference Wavelength = 555 nm) ARE 1/2(HEP)ARE value ARE − ½(HEP) 2(ARE/HEP) % TP ARE/TP (%) 11 0.546 0.598 0.052109.49% 0.468 127.80% 12 0.500 0.506 0.005 101.06% 0.468 108.03% 210.492 0.528 0.036 107.37% 0.349 151.10% 22 0.546 0.572 0.026 104.78%0.349 163.78% 31 0.546 0.548 0.002 100.36% 0.559 98.04% 32 0.546 0.5500.004 100.80% 0.559 98.47% ARS EHD ARS value ARS − EHD (ARS/EHD) % TPARS/TP (%) 11 0.640 0.739 0.099 115.54% 0.468 158.03% 12 0.500 0.5060.005 101.06% 0.468 108.03% 21 0.492 0.528 0.036 107.37% 0.349 151.10%22 0.706 0.750 0.044 106.28% 0.349 214.72% 31 1.118 1.135 0.017 101.49%0.559 203.04% 32 1.358 1.489 0.131 109.69% 0.559 266.34%

The optical image capturing system of the present disclosure may bedisposed in a portable electronic device, wearable device, surveillancedevice, information appliance, electronic communication device, machinevision device, or vehicle electronic device, and the combinationthereof. Taking advantage of the lens assembly having different amountof lens elements, the optical image capturing system of the presentdisclosure may focus both the visible light and the infrared light toform high quality image. Referring to FIG. 7A, one optical imagecapturing system 712 and another optical image capturing system 714(front camera) of the present disclosure may be disposed in the mobiletelecommunication device 71, which is a smartphone in one embodiment.Referring to FIG. 7B, the optical image capturing system 722 of thepresent disclosure may be disposed in the portable computing device 72,which is a notebook in one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7C, the opticalimage capturing system 732 of the present disclosure may be disposed inthe smartwatch 73, according to one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7D,the optical image capturing system 742 of the present disclosure may bedisposed in the smart hat 74, according to one embodiment. Referring toFIG. 7E, the optical image capturing system 752 of the presentdisclosure may be disposed in the surveillance device 75, which is anInternet Protocol camera in one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7F, theoptical image capturing system 762 of the present disclosure may bedisposed in the onboard camera 76, according to one embodiment.Referring to FIG. 7G, the optical image capturing system 772 of thepresent disclosure may be disposed in the unmanned aerial vehicle 77,according to one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7H, the optical imagecapturing system 782 of the present disclosure may be disposed in thecamera for extreme sport 78, according to one embodiment.

Although the present invention is disclosed by the aforementionedembodiments, those embodiments do not serve to limit the scope of thepresent invention. A person skilled in the art could perform variousalterations and modifications to the present invention, withoutdeparting from the spirit and the scope of the present invention. Hence,the scope of the present invention should be defined by the followingappended claims.

Despite the fact that the present invention is specifically presentedand illustrated with reference to the exemplary embodiments thereof, itshould be apparent to a person skilled in the art that, variousmodifications could be performed to the forms and details of the presentinvention, without departing from the scope and spirit of the presentinvention defined in the claims and their equivalence.

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical image capturing system, comprising: animaging lens assembly, including at least three lens elements withrefractive powers; a first image plane; a second image plane; and animage sensing device disposed between the first image plane and thesecond image plane; wherein the first image plane is an image planespecifically for visible light and perpendicular to an optical axis; athrough-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at a first spatialfrequency has a maximum value at central field of view of the firstimage plane; the second image plane is an image plane specifically forinfrared light and perpendicular to the optical axis; the through-focusmodulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the first spatial frequencyhas a maximum value at central of field of view of the second imageplane; a focal length of the imaging lens assembly is denoted by f, anentrance pupil diameter of the imaging lens assembly is HEP, half of amaximum angle of view of the optical image capturing system is denotedby HAF, a distance on the optical axis between the first image plane andthe second image plane is denoted by FS; the following condition issatisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤10.0, 0 deg<HAF≤150 deg, and |FS|≤60 μm.
 2. Theoptical image capturing system of claim 1, wherein a wavelength of theinfrared light ranges from 700 nm to 1300 nm, and the first spatialfrequency is denoted by SP1, which satisfies the following condition:SP1≤440 cycles/mm.
 3. The optical image capturing system of claim 1,wherein an outline curve starting from an axial point on any surface ofany one of the lens elements, tracing along an outline of the surface,and ending at a coordinate point on the surface that has a verticalheight of 1/2 entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis, has alength denoted by ARE, the following condition is satisfied:0.9≤2(ARE/HEP)≤2.0.
 4. The optical image capturing system of claim 1,wherein the imaging lens assembly comprises four lens elements withrefractive powers, from an object side to an image side, the four lenselements are a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lenselement, and a fourth lens element, a distance on the optical axis froman object-side surface of the first lens element to the first imageplane is denoted by HOS, a distance on the optical axis from theobject-side surface of the first lens element to an image-side surfaceof the fourth lens element is denoted by InTL, and the followingcondition is satisfied: 0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 5. The optical imagecapturing system of claim 1, wherein the imaging lens assembly comprisesfive lens elements with refractive powers, from an object side to animage side, the five lens elements are a first lens element, a secondlens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifthlens element, a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surfaceof the first lens element to the first image plane is denoted by HOS, adistance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to an image-side surface of the fifth lens element isdenoted by InTL, and the following condition is satisfied:0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 6. The optical image capturing system of claim 1,wherein the imaging lens assembly comprises six lens elements withrefractive powers, from an object side to an image side, the five lenselements are a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lenselement, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lenselement, a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface ofthe first lens element to the first image plane is denoted by HOS, adistance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to an image-side surface of the sixth lens element isdenoted by InTL, and the following condition is satisfied:0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 7. The optical image capturing system of claim 1,wherein the imaging lens assembly comprises seven lens elements withrefractive powers, from an object side to an image side, the five lenselements are a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lenselement, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lenselement, and a seventh lens element, a distance on the optical axis froman object-side surface of the first lens element to the first imageplane is denoted by HOS, a distance on the optical axis from theobject-side surface of the first lens element to an image-side surfaceof the seventh lens element is denoted by InTL, and the followingcondition is satisfied: 0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 8. The optical imagecapturing system of claim 1, wherein TV distortion for image formationin the optical image capturing system is TDT; transverse aberration ofvisible rays with longest operation wavelength from apositive-directional tangential ray fan, which pass through an edge ofan entrance pupil and strike at a position of 0.7 HOI on the first imageplane, is denoted by PLTA, and transverse aberration of visible rayswith shortest operation wavelength from the positive-directionaltangential ray fan, which pass through the edge of the entrance pupiland strike at the position of 0.7 HOI on the first image plane, isdenoted by PSTA; transverse aberration of visible rays with the longestoperation wavelength from a negative-directional tangential ray fan,which pass through the edge of the entrance pupil and strike at theposition of 0.7 HOI on the first image plane, is denoted by NLTA, andtransverse aberration of visible rays with the shortest operationwavelength from a negative-directional tangential ray fan, which passthrough the edge of the entrance pupil and strike at the position of 0.7HOI on the first image plane, is denoted by NSTA; transverse aberrationof visible rays with the longest operation wavelength from a sagittalray fan, which pass through the edge of the entrance pupil and strike atthe position of 0.7 HOI on the first image plane, is denoted by SLTA,transverse aberration of visible rays with the shortest operationwavelength from the sagittal ray fan, which pass through the edge of theentrance pupil and strike at the position of 0.7 HOI on the first imageplane, is denoted by SSTA; conditions as follows are satisfied: PLTA≤100μm, PSTA≤100 μm, NLTA≤100 μm, NSTA≤100 μm, SLTA≤100 μm, SSTA≤100 μm, and|TDT|<250%.
 9. The optical image capturing system of claim 1, furthercomprising an aperture stop; wherein a distance from the aperture stopto the first image plane on the optical axis is InS, which satisfiescondition as follows: 0.2≤InS/HOS≤1.1.
 10. An optical image capturingsystem, comprising: an imaging lens assembly, including at least threelens elements with refractive powers; a first image plane; a secondimage plane; and an image sensing device disposed between the firstimage plane and the second image plane; wherein the first image plane isan image plane specifically for visible light and perpendicular to anoptical axis; a through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF) ata first spatial frequency has a maximum value at central field of viewof the first image plane; the second image plane is an image planespecifically for infrared light and perpendicular to the optical axis;the through-focus modulation transfer rate (value of MTF) at the firstspatial frequency has a maximum value at central of field of view of thesecond image plane; a focal length of the imaging lens assembly isdenoted by f, an entrance pupil diameter of the imaging lens assembly isHEP, half of a maximum angle of view of the optical image capturingsystem is denoted by HAF, a distance on the optical axis between thefirst image plane and the second image plane is denoted by FS; anoutline curve starting from an axial point on any surface of any one ofthe lens elements, tracing along an outline of the surface, and endingat a coordinate point on the surface that has a vertical height of 1/2entrance pupil diameter from the optical axis, has a length denoted byARE; the following condition is satisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤10.0, 0 deg<HAF≤150deg, |FS|≤40 μm, and 0.9≤2(ARE/HEP)2.0.
 11. The optical image capturingsystem of claim 10, wherein a maximum effective half diameter of anysurface of any one of the lens elements is denoted by EHD; an outlinecurve starting from the axial point on any surface of any one of thoselens elements, tracing along an outline of the surface, and ending at apoint which defines the maximum effective half diameter, has a lengthdenoted by ARS; conditions as follows are satisfied: 0.95≤ARS /EHD≤2.0.12. The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein there is anair gap between any pair of adjacent lens elements among the lenselements.
 13. The optical image capturing system of claim 10, whereincentral thicknesses of a first lens element, a second lens element, anda third lens element of the imaging lens assembly on the optical axisare denoted by TP1, TP2, and TP3, respectively, a sum of thicknesses ofall lens elements of the imaging lens assembly on the optical axis isdenoted by STP, and the following condition is satisfied: 0.1≤TP2/STP≤0.5 and 0.02≤TP3 /STP≤0.5.
 14. The optical image capturing systemof claim 10, wherein the imaging lens assembly comprises four of thelens elements with refractive powers, from an object side to an imageside, the four lens elements are a first lens element, a second lenselement, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element, a distance onthe optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens elementto the first image plane is denoted by HOS, a distance on the opticalaxis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to animage-side surface of the fourth lens element is denoted by InTL, andthe following condition is satisfied: 0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 15. The opticalimage capturing system of claim 10, wherein the imaging lens assemblycomprises five of the lens elements with refractive powers, from anobject side to an image side, the five lens elements are a first lenselement, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, and a fifth lens element, a distance on the optical axis froman object-side surface of the first lens element to the first imageplane is denoted by HOS, a distance on the optical axis from theobject-side surface of the first lens element to an image-side surfaceof the fifth lens element is denoted by InTL, and the followingcondition is satisfied: 0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 16. The optical imagecapturing system of claim 10, wherein the imaging lens assemblycomprises six of the lens elements with refractive powers, from anobject side to an image side, the five lens elements are a first lenselement, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element, a distance onthe optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens elementto the first image plane is denoted by HOS, a distance on the opticalaxis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to animage-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted by InTL, and thefollowing condition is satisfied: 0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 17. The opticalimage capturing system of claim 10, wherein the imaging lens assemblycomprises seven of the lens elements with refractive powers, from anobject side to an image side, the five lens elements are a first lenselement, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lenselement, a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface ofthe first lens element to the first image plane is denoted by HOS, adistance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to an image-side surface of the seventh lens element isdenoted by InTL, and the following condition is satisfied:0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 18. The optical image capturing system of claim 10,wherein the optical image capturing system is disposed in a portableelectronic device, a wearable device, a surveillance device, aninformation appliance, an electronic communication device, a machinevision device, or vehicle electronic device, and the combinationthereof.
 19. The optical image capturing system of claim 10, wherein atleast one of the lens elements of the imaging lens assembly is afiltering element for light with wavelength of less than 500nm.
 20. Anoptical image capturing system, comprising: an imaging lens assembly,including at least three lens elements with refractive powers; a firstaverage image plane; a second average image plane; and an image sensingdevice disposed between the first average image plane and the secondaverage image plane; wherein the first average image plane is an imageplane specifically for visible light and perpendicular to an opticalaxis; the first average image plane is installed at the average positionof the defocusing positions, where through-focus modulation transferrates (values of MTF) of the visible light at central field of view, 0.3field of view, and 0.7 field of view are respectively at correspondingmaximum value at a first spatial frequency, and the first spatialfrequency is 110 cycles/mm; the second average image plane is an imageplane specifically for infrared light and perpendicular to the opticalaxis, and the second average image plane is installed at the averageposition of the defocusing positions, where through-focus modulationtransfer rates of the infrared light (values of MTF) at central field ofview, 0.3 field of view, and 0.7 field of view are at their respectivemaximum at the first spatial frequency, and the first spatial frequencyis 110 cycles/mm; a focal length of the imaging lens assembly is denotedby f, an entrance pupil diameter of the imaging lens assembly is HEP,half of a maximum angle of view of the optical image capturing system isdenoted by HAF, a distance between the first average image plane and thesecond average image plane is denoted by AFS; an outline curve startingfrom an axial point on any surface of any one of the lens elements,tracing along an outline of the surface, and ending at a coordinatepoint on the surface that has a vertical height of 1/2 entrance pupildiameter from the optical axis, has a length denoted by ARE; thefollowing condition is satisfied: 1.0≤f/HEP≤10.0, 0 deg<HAF≤150 deg,|AFS|≤60 μm, and 0.92(ARE /HEP)2.0.
 21. The optical image capturingsystem of claim 20, wherein a maximum effective half diameter of anysurface of any one of the lens elements is denoted by EHD; an outlinecurve starting from the axial point on any surface of any one of thelens elements, tracing along an outline of the surface, and ending at apoint which defines the maximum effective half diameter, has a lengthdenoted by ARS; conditions as follows are satisfied: 0.9≤ARS/EHD≤2.0.22. The optical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein the imaginglens assembly comprises four of the lens elements with refractivepowers, from an object side to an image side, the four lens elements area first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and afourth lens element, a distance on the optical axis from an object-sidesurface of the first lens element to the first image plane is denoted byHOS, a distance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of thefirst lens element to an image-side surface of the fourth lens elementis denoted by InTL, and the following condition is satisfied:0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 23. The optical image capturing system of claim 20,wherein the imaging lens assembly comprises five of the lens elementswith refractive powers, from an object side to an image side, the fivelens elements are a first lens element, a second lens element, a thirdlens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element, adistance on the optical axis from an object-side surface of the firstlens element to the first image plane is denoted by HOS, a distance onthe optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens elementto an image-side surface of the fifth lens element is denoted by InTL,and the following condition is satisfied: 0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 24. Theoptical image capturing system of claim 20, wherein the imaging lensassembly comprises six of the lens elements with refractive powers, froman object side to an image side, the five lens elements are a first lenselement, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element, a distance onthe optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens elementto the first image plane is denoted by HOS, a distance on the opticalaxis from the object-side surface of the first lens element to animage-side surface of the sixth lens element is denoted by InTL, and thefollowing condition is satisfied: 0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.
 25. The opticalimage capturing system of claim 20, wherein the imaging lens assemblycomprises seven of the lens elements with refractive powers, from anobject side to an image side, the five lens elements are a first lenselement, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lenselement, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lenselement, a distance on the optical axis from an object-side surface ofthe first lens element to the first image plane is denoted by HOS, adistance on the optical axis from the object-side surface of the firstlens element to an image-side surface of the seventh lens element isdenoted by InTL, and the following condition is satisfied:0.1≤InTL/HOS≤0.95.